There’s over 100 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Mahoning Valley
Ohio coronavirus cases have increased by hundreds overnight: There are now 1,406 confirmed cases and 25 people have died, a 6-person increase from Friday.
Eighty of those are Mahoning County residents, 27 are Trumbull County residents and 11 are from Columbiana County. That's a total of about 116 for the Mahoning Valley. Five of Ohio's dead are from the Valley.
On Sunday morning, the Columbiana County Health District updated their numbers to reflect two additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Saturday, with an age range of 23 to 92 years old.
Over 340 people statewide have now been hospitalized with the virus, which causes the disease known as COVID-19.
Officials have been warning that they expect cases to increase by the thousands a day even with the social distancing measures and stay-at-home order that has been put in place.
Dr. Amy Action, Ohio Health Department director, said the state believes the numbers are five days behind the testing reality at the least.
This story was originally published March 28, 2020 at 2:04 PM with the headline "There’s over 100 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Mahoning Valley."