Ohio COVID cases drop below 4,000 for first time this year

Jacinda Snider, a collaborative pharmacist distributes COVID-19 booster shots at Grafton Oaks Nursing Home on Grafton Ave. Tuesday Jan. 11, 2022. Snider volunteers long hours including evenings and weekends to give people vaccines. She has provided hundreds of Ohioans against COVID-19. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Jacinda Snider, a collaborative pharmacist distributes COVID-19 booster shots at Grafton Oaks Nursing Home on Grafton Ave. Tuesday Jan. 11, 2022. Snider volunteers long hours including evenings and weekends to give people vaccines. She has provided hundreds of Ohioans against COVID-19. JIM NOELKER/STAFF
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April 20, 2023
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Ohio recorded fewer than 4,000 weekly COVID-19 cases for the first time this year.

The 3,372 cases reported by the Ohio Department of Health on Thursday also brought the state’s three-week average to 4,584 cases. It’s the first time the three-week average is fewer than 5,000 for the first time in 2023.

Thursday marked at least the fifth consecutive week the state has set a new record low for weekly cases this year.

As of Thursday, ODH is reporting the following COVID data:

  • Total: 3,435,359
  • Last week: 3,372
  • Three-week average: 4,584

COVID hospitalizations:

  • Total: 140,069
  • Last week: 241
  • Three-week average: 294

COVID ICU admissions:

  • Total: 15,187
  • Last week: 19
  • Three-week average: 24

COVID Deaths

  • Total: 42,126
  • Last week: 53
  • Three-week average: 51

Approximately 64.86% of Ohioans started the primary COVID vaccine and 60.17% had finished it as of Thursday. ODH reported 15.81% of residents have received the updated vaccine dose.

Those interested in getting vaccinated can visit https://gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov/ to find a provider or schedule an appointment.

    Vaccines also are available by appointment from each county’s local health department, and vaccine providers are listed on Ohio’s coronavirus dashboard.

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