THURSDAY UPDATE: Most Cases in a Week, More Students Back in Buildings

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The state reported 7200 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the most in a week.

Stark County has 181 of those cases.

Governor DeWine says the percentage of the state’s K-12 school students learning fully in-person is now up over 42-percent.

24-percent of students are fully remote and about a third are hybrid.

Here are the Thursday numbers:

Thurs Jan 21

Ohio: 849,704 cases (+7271),
10,518 deaths (+109)

Stark: 25,443 cases (+181),
429 deaths (+1)