WEDNESDAY UPDATE: 3rd Highest Daily Deaths, Test Positivity Higher

Nicole Tschetter, public relations manager for the Denver Rescue Mission, wears a special face mask as volunteers hand out “Banquets in a Box” to motorists in a parking lot to mark Thanksgiving Day at Empower Field at Mile High early Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Denver. More than 3,000 boxes filled with the ingredients for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner were handed out through the rescue mission and the Denver Broncos. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Ohio reported over 7800 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with 218 of them from Stark County.

The state also reported 123 deaths, the third highest daily number since the pandemic started.

Test positivity figures had also risen to 18.9-percent in the latest report on that on Monday.

Governor Mike DeWine is to release details on vaccine distribution on Thursday.

Here are the Wednesday numbers: