TUESDAY UPDATE: New Daily Cases Remain Below 1000, Though Barely

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Can the state remain below a thousand daily coronavirus cases all week?

It’s been four straight days now, but Tuesday’s 993 new cases was close.

Stark County added 65 new cases.

100 deaths were added to the Ohio count, with two of them out of Stark County.

Here are the Tuesday numbers:

Tues May 18

Ohio: 1,092,616 cases (+993),
19,628 deaths (+100)

Stark: 32,726 cases (+65),
911 deaths (+2)