WEEKLY COVID-19 TRENDS |Did Ohio’s surge spare the Mahoning Valley?
YOUNGSTOWN — The first coronavirus pandemic "peak" seems to have occurred in Ohio at the end of April — the week between April 19 and 25 — when the state added 5,044 new cases in a week.
Until the beginning of July, that was the biggest increase in cases the state had experienced in a single week.
Last week, Ohio added nearly twice as many cases as during its April peak.
The state reported 9,356 new confirmed coronavirus cases between July 12 and 18. So far in July, the state has added 22,533 new cases.
Sunday marked the 12th day in a row the state added more than 1,000 new cases.
Hospitalizations are also on the rise.
So far, the most hospitalizations were added the week of April 5, when 853 additional Ohioans were hospitalizations for COVID-19. The state neared that number last week when 743 Ohioans were hospitalized with COVID-19. That's the highest increase in a single week since early April.
Throughout the pandemic, one-day hospitalization increases have surpassed 100 on 28 days; seven 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.
The surge has thus far spared Mahoning County which is in Level 2 (orange) of the state's advisory alert system; Trumbull County, which was downgraded to Level 2, is experiencing smaller case increases.
On July 2 — almost two weeks after Mahoning Matters called for the data in Freedom of Information Act request to local health departments — Mahoning County Public Health provided a ZIP code breakdown of cases in the county. The department has been updating the county ZIP code map on a weekly basis. The most recent update was provided on July 17.
Over the last week, the largest increase in cases was seen in ZIP code 44512, which includes parts of Boardman. That ZIP code saw an increase of 47 cases; the week before, it only experienced an increase of 22 cases.
ZIP codes 44515 (Austintown) and 44514 (Poland) saw increases of 19 cases each.
The map has not updated death totals in the county; the toll remains at 235. According to the state's latest update Sunday, 241 Mahoning County residents have died of COVID-19.
The map shows only one ZIP code — 44509, the West Side of Youngstown — experienced an increase in total deaths last week. Per the county's update, one additional 44509 resident died.
Here's a breakdown of each complete week of the pandemic so far has looked like in Ohio. Data in bold reflect the peaks in new cases, deaths, hospitalizations and ICU admissions. March 15 to March 21
- New cases: 221
- New deaths: 3
March 22 to March 28
- New cases: 1,159
- New deaths: 22
- New hospitalizations: 261
- New ICU admissions: 123
March 29 to April 4
- New cases: 2,333
- New deaths: 77
- New hospitalizations: 662
- New ICU admissions: 203
April 5 to April 11
- New cases: 2,448
- New deaths: 140
- New hospitalizations: 853
- New ICU admissions: 246
April 12 to April 18
- New cases: 3,752
- New deaths: 192
- New hospitalizations: 660
- New ICU admissions: 188
April 19 to April 25
- New cases: 5,044
- New deaths: 237
- New hospitalizations: 596
- New ICU admissions: 178
April 26 to May 2
- New cases: 3,554
- New deaths: 279
- New hospitalizations: 581
- New ICU admissions: 128
May 3 to May 9
- New cases: 4,023
- New deaths: 264
- New hospitalizations: 604
- New ICU admissions: 134
May 10 to May 16
- New cases: 3,276
- New deaths: 243
- New hospitalizations: 570
- New ICU admissions: 100
May 17 to May 23
- New cases: 3452
- New deaths: 299
- New hospitalizations: 567
- New ICU admissions: 129
May 24 to May 30
- New cases: 3,351
- New deaths: 182
- New hospitalizations: 574
- New ICU admissions: 119
May 31 to June 6
- New cases: 2,769
- New deaths: 210
- New hospitalizations: 449
- New ICU admissions: 102
June 7 to June 13
- New cases: 2,485
- New deaths: 176
- New hospitalizations: 404
- New ICU admissions: 104
June 14 to June 20
- New cases: 3,169
- New deaths: 136
- New hospitalizations: 337
- New ICU admissions: 79
June 21 to June 27
- New cases: 4,907
- New deaths: 101
- New hospitalizations: 423
- New ICU admissions: 83
June 28 to July 4
- New cases: 6,519
- New deaths: 96
- New hospitalizations: 487
- New ICU admissions: 136
July 5 to July 11
- New cases: 7,840
- New deaths: 123
- New hospitalizations: 659
- New ICU admissions: 116
July 12 to July 18
- New cases: 9,356
- New deaths: 95
- New hospitalizations: 743
- New ICU admissions: 143
This story was originally published July 20, 2020 at 3:52 AM with the headline "WEEKLY COVID-19 TRENDS |Did Ohio’s surge spare the Mahoning Valley?."