Coronavirus cases are up in Ohio and reopening is in jeopardy – Mahoning Matters

Last week, the state reported 9,342 new confirmed cases, up from 7,835 the week before and7,019 threeweeks ago. Last week, that average rose to 167.1.

COLUMBUS Ohio has lost footing in its fight against the coronavirus, and the state's pandemic finish line is getting farther away.

Gov. Mike DeWine has said Ohio can reopen when it reports an average of 50 new cases per 100,000 people for two weeks. Two weeks ago, the state reported 146.9 new cases per 100,000 people. Last week, that average rose to 167.1.

Last week, Ohio reported 9,342 new confirmed cases, up from 7,835 the week before and7,019 threeweeks ago.

Three highly infectious variants of the novel coronavirus are responsible for most of the hundreds of genetic changes to the virus medical experts have recorded lately, state officials said.

"Ohio remains in a race against a virus that is now more contagious and is right back on our heels," said the state health department's Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff.

More than half of the state's detected coronavirus variants have been found in counties inside the state's northern zone, which includes the Mahoning Valley on its southeast corner.

TheOhio Public Health Advisory System mapshowed improvement on a county-by-county basis. This week,32 counties are orange, up from 32 last week. Four counties are yellow, up from two last week. The rest are red.

ColumbianaCounty remained orange.Mahoning andTrumbull counties remained red and are both considered to have a high incidence of coronavirus spread. Thenumber of new cases per capita has increased for all threecounties.

All threecounties meet the indicators fornew cases per capita andthe proportion of new cases occurring outside group settings such as long-term care or correctional facilities.

Mahoningand Trumbull counties also meetthe indicator for increasing number of new cases.

Mahoning County is abovethe statewide rate, with 33.22 percent of county residents having received the first dose of the vaccine. In Trumbull County, 31.21percent of residents have started to receive the vaccine, and 27.41 percent of Columbiana Countyresidents have started to receive the vaccine.

Here's a breakdown of how each complete week of the pandemic has looked like in Ohio so far. Data in bold reflect the peaks in new cases, deaths, hospitalizations and ICU admissions.

March 15 to March 21

March 22 to March 28

March 29 to April 4

April 5 to April 11

April 12 to April 18

April 19 to April 25

April 26 to May 2

May 3 to May 9

May 10 to May 16

May 17 to May 23

May 24 to May 30

May 31 to June 6

June 7to June 13

June 14to June 20

June 21 to June 27

June 28 to July 4

July 5 to July 11

July 12 to July 18

July 19 to July 25

July 26 to Aug.1

Aug.2 to Aug.8

Aug. 9 to Aug. 15

Aug. 16 to Aug. 22

Aug. 23 to Aug. 29

Aug. 30 to Sept. 5

Sept. 6 to Sept. 12

Sept. 13 to Sept. 19

Sept. 20 to Sept. 26

Sept. 27 to Oct. 3

Oct. 4 to Oct. 10

Oct. 11 to Oct. 17

Oct. 18 to Oct. 24

Oct. 25 to Oct. 31

Nov. 1 to Nov. 7

Nov. 8 to Nov. 14

Nov. 15 to Nov. 21

Nov. 22 to Nov. 28

Nov. 29 to Dec. 5

Dec. 6 to Dec. 12

Dec. 13 to Dec. 19

Dec. 20 to Dec. 26

Dec. 27 to Jan. 2

Jan. 3 to Jan. 9

Jan. 10to Jan. 16

Jan. 17 to Jan 23

Jan. 24 to Jan. 30

Jan. 31 to Feb, 6

Feb. 7 to Feb. 13

Feb. 14 to Feb. 20

Feb. 21to Feb. 27

Feb. 28 to March 6

March 7 to March 13

March 14 to March 20

March 21 to March 27

March 28 to April 3

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