Ohio reports more than 1,000 cases for eighth day in a row

COLUMBUS — Ohio reported at least 1,000 new coronavirus cases Wednesday for the eighth day in a row.

Gov. Mike DeWine plans to address the state of the coronavirus pandemic in Ohio at 5:30 p.m. today.

The state is now reporting 65,287 confirmed coronavirus cases — 1,274 more than Tuesday. So far in July, the state has added 17,065 new cases.

In addition, the state is also reporting 4,024 "probable cases," which is a new expanded case definition provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Statewide, 9,209 people have been hospitalized — 160 more than Tuesday. Of those hospitalized, 2,259 are in intensive care units.

Throughout the pandemic, one-day hospitalization increases have surpassed 100 in 26 days; so far, five of those instances were in July. The state's largest one-day spike in hospitalizations was on May 5 when 166 new hospitalizations were reported.

There are 1,996 cases in Mahoning County; 1,090 in Trumbull; and 1,419 in Columbiana.

Statewide, there have been 2,819 confirmed deaths, including 239 in Mahoning County; 82 in Trumbull; and 60 in Columbiana; along with another 256 "probable deaths."

Statewide, 47,303 COVID-19 patients are presumed to have recovered from the virus. 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.

Mahoning County's 239 reported COVID-19 deaths remains the fourth-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 ninth-highest number of total cases in the state. With an estimated population of 228,683 people and 1,996 confirmed cases as of today, that's about one case of the virus for every 115 people.

This story was originally published July 15, 2020 at 2:48 PM with the headline "Ohio reports more than 1,000 cases for eighth day in a row."