WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Nearly 800 New Cases

CLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Coronavirus cases are up again, the highest in two months.

The state reported 785 new cases on Wednesday.

21 of them were out of Stark County.

The state says the higher case numbers are hitting mainly in mostly rural southern Ohio counties where vaccination percentages are low.

Here are the Wednesday numbers:

Wed July 21

Ohio: 1,119,298 cases (+785)
Stark: 13,687 cases (+21)