Coronavirus

Ohio reporting 414 new COVID-19 cases

By Mahoning Matters staff
This is a snapshot of modeling from the Ohio State University that shows the projected trajectory of COVID-19 in Ohio. This model compares the spread of the disease without mitigation (yellow curve) to how it is projected to spread with the mitigation efforts the state has implemented (blue curve) such as social distancing and the Stay At Home Order. Image/Ohio Department of Health
This is a snapshot of modeling from the Ohio State University that shows the projected trajectory of COVID-19 in Ohio. This model compares the spread of the disease without mitigation (yellow curve) to how it is projected to spread with the mitigation efforts the state has implemented (blue curve) such as social distancing and the Stay At Home Order. Image/Ohio Department of Health

COLUMBUS — According to the latest figures released Saturday from the Ohio Department of Health, the state is reporting 6,250 cases of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19 — an increase of more than 400 cases from Friday.

The United States hit a somber milestone on Saturday as it surpassed Italy in the total number of confirmed deaths from the coronavirus. More than 20,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.

Locally, there are 375 confirmed cases in Mahoning County; 155 in Trumbull; and 95 in Columbiana. The overall amount of cases in the Mahoning Valley has increased by 26 since Friday.

Ohio has had 247 deaths, including 31 in Mahoning County; eight in Trumbull; and six in Columbiana.

Mahoning County still has the most COVID-19 deaths among all Ohio's 88 counties, according to the state's COVID-19 dashboard, which presents confirmed cases, hospitalizations and deaths in each county. Mahoning County's rate of COVID-19 cases and deaths per capita remains one of the highest among Ohio's most populous counties and those counties hardest-hit by the virus. Mahoning County has the fifth-highest number of total cases in the state.

Statewide 1,859 people have been hospitalized by the coronavirus.

Ohio's surge in coronavirus cases is expected to level out in mid-April.

A new forecast model released by Ohio State University earlier in the week shows that new daily cases are expected to peak at 1,607 on April 19. That's down from a worst-case scenario that projected nearly 10,000 new cases per day in the state.

On Friday, Dr. Amy Acton, director of the Ohio Department of Health, credited Ohioans' effective social distancing for the change in projections.

"It shows that you in Ohio are slowing that spread," Acton said. "The more and more we can do that, the more and more we can stop that rapid spread of disease."

Acton said the transmission rate is now around 1.2, meaning that every person diagnosed with the virus likely transmits it to another 1.2 people on average.

This story was originally published April 11, 2020 at 2:13 PM with the headline "Ohio reporting 414 new COVID-19 cases."