WEDNESDAY UPDATE: 8700 New Cases

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The state reported just over 8700 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday.

Stark County had 327 of those new cases.

Hospitalization figures are rising, but not at the rapid rate they had been increasing.

4300 people are currently in the hospital, being treated for COVID.

Here are your Wednesday numbers:

Wed Dec 8

Ohio: 1,752,508 cases (+8707)

Stark: 55,130 cases (+327)

Across Ohio: 4297 current hospitalizations