BREAKING | Ohio reports 4,600 new COVID-19 cases, the most since January; 167 Valley cases

COLUMBUS — Ohio on Wednesday reported a seven-month record of new COVID-19 cases in a single day.

Statewide, 4,600 new cases were reported Wednesday, the most new cases in one day since late January and the second day in a row the new case count has been over 4,000.

That includes 82 new cases in Mahoning County (for a total of 23,871), 37 in Trumbull (17,672) and 48 in Columbiana (9,897), according to the Ohio Department of Health's latest update.

There have been 1,192,478 cases reported statewide to date.

The average rate of positive coronavirus tests over the last week continues its strong surge upward, jumping 0.4 percent since Tuesday to 9.4 percent, which is also the highest figure since January. It's now more than seven times higher than the all-time low reported in late June.

The two-week positivity rate on Monday was 9.4 percent in Columbiana County; 8.5 percent in Trumbull; and 6.3 percent in Mahoning.

Additionally, many more tests are now being performed each day in Ohio than in the last three months, data shows.

The state last week reported 259 new cases per 100,000 people over the prior two weeks. That's more than twice the CDC's threshold for "high" transmission, which is 100 cases per 100,000 people. The prior week's rate of new cases was 194.

Columbiana County last week reported nearly 334 new cases per 100,000 residents; Mahoning reported 220; and Trumbull reported 198.

On Tuesday, 11,610 new vaccinations were started in the state. To date, 5,555,793 vaccine-eligible Ohioans have been fully vaccinated, or about 55.6 percent.

Nearly 46 percent of all residents in Mahoning County have completed their vaccinations; 43.6 percent in Trumbull; and 37.2 percent in Columbiana.

This story was originally published August 25, 2021 at 2:48 PM with the headline "BREAKING | Ohio reports 4,600 new COVID-19 cases, the most since January; 167 Valley cases."