BREAKING | Ohio reports 3,590 new cases of COVID-19; highest single-day total

COLUMBUS — Ohio on Thursday marked its highest-ever single-day total of new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases, 3,590.

That's about 700 more cases than the state's previous record total, set just days ago, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday. Of Ohio's 88 counties, 83 are considered to have a high incidence of virus transmission by federal guidelines.

"The virus is raging throughout the state of Ohio. There's no place to hide," he said.

According to the latest figures today from the Ohio Department of Health, the state is reporting 196,864 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, to date — 3,413 more than reported Wednesday, including 110 new cases in the Mahoning Valley.

Of the state’s total cases, about 26,599 are presumed to be active infections.

The peak volume of virus testing statewide in the past week appears to be picking back up. The average percent of positive tests has continued to climb since Sept. 24, when positivity was at an all-time low.

So far this month, agencies statewide administered an average 7,784 more tests per day than in September.

CASES, DEATHS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS

There have been 3,960 confirmed and probable cases to date in Mahoning County; 2,451 in Trumbull; and 2,227 in Columbiana. There have been 287 confirmed and probable deaths to date in Mahoning County; 136 in Trumbull; and 88 in Columbiana.

Since yesterday’s report, there have been 50 new cases in Mahoning County; 37 in Trumbull; and 23 in Columbiana.

Mahoning County's 287 COVID-19 deaths is the 5th-highest 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 has the 10th-highest number of cumulative cases in the state; Trumbull has the 22nd-highest; and Columbiana has the 24th-highest.

Ohio is also reporting 12,073 "probable cases” statewide, which is an expanded case definition provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Statewide, 18,800 people have been hospitalized to date. As ODH did not fully update its coronavirus website as of 2 p.m. Thursday, figures of intensive care patients were unavailable.

There have also been 4,963 confirmed deaths to date, along with another 312 “probable deaths”.

TESTING AND RECOVERY

So far this month, 1,036,446 coronavirus tests have been administered in Ohio, an average of about 38,387 per day. A total of 926,782 people were tested in September, an average of about 30,603 per day.

The seven-day moving average for positive tests was 6 percent on Tuesday. That’s more than double the average 2.7 percent reported on Sept. 24. That average percent peaked April 20 at 23.6 percent.

Statewide, 165,302 COVID-19 patients are presumed to have recovered from the virus. That includes 3,128 patients in Mahoning County; 1,966 in Trumbull; and 1,944 in Columbiana. That metric is measured as the number of COVID-19 patients whose symptoms reportedly began more than 21 days ago but who have not died.

Below are key indicators and current 21-day trends of the virus' spread in Ohio, taken from the state's COVID-19 dashboard. To view a full-size version, click the icon in the upper-right:

This story was originally published October 29, 2020 at 2:23 PM with the headline "BREAKING | Ohio reports 3,590 new cases of COVID-19; highest single-day total."