WEEKLY COVID-19 TRENDS | Ohio’s cases increase as officials warn of ‘avoidable’ surge

COLUMBUS — Ohio's coronavirus cases have increased for the second week in a row after weeks of improvement.

Last week, Ohio reported 7,835 new confirmed cases, up from 7,019 the week before and 6,770 three weeks ago.

As a result, the state's pandemic finish line — an average of 50 new cases per 100,000 people over two weeks — has gotten slightly more out of reach. Last week, the average rose from 143.8 to 146.9.

The surge is part of a nationwide trend. The most recent seven-day average of COVID-19 cases throughout the country increased by 7 percent from the previous week.

During a media briefing this week, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said she's worried the U.S. could see "another avoidable surge" if measures like masking and social distancing aren't followed.

"As I've stated before, the continued relaxation of prevention measures while cases are still high and while concerning variants are spreading rapidly throughout the United States is a serious threat to the progress we have made as a nation," Walensky said at a White House briefing.

March 21 to March 27 in numbers

• 7,835 new confirmed cases were reported in Ohio; a total of 857,480 confirmed cases have been reported as of March 27.
• There have been 588 new hospitalizations; a total of 52,687 people have been hospitalized as of March 27.
• Between March 21 and March 27, 183 COVID-19 deaths were reported. The state reported18,530 COVID-19 deaths in Ohio March 27.
• Ohio is reporting10,694 people have recovered from the virus between March 21 and March 27. The state reported 960,697 total recovered cases March 27.
• As of March 27, 27.26 percent of the state population has received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. That's an increase of 455,297, up from 420,197 new vaccinations the week before.

Ohio Public Health Advisory System map

The Ohio Public Health Advisory System map shows both improvement and regression on a county-by-county basis. This week, 31 counties are orange, up from 23 last week. Two counties are yellow, down from five last week. The rest are red.

Columbiana County turned orange this week, because it feel below the threshold of 100 new cases per 100,000 people.

Mahoning and Trumbull counties are both considered to have a high incidence of coronavirus spread and remain red on the state alert map. For the first time in weeks, the rate has increased for Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

• Mahoning County reported 267 new cases, or 117 cases per 100,000 people, an increase from 105 cases per 100,000 people last week;
• Trumbull County reported 256 new cases, or 129 cases per 100,000 people, an increase from 127 new cases per 100,000 people last week;
• Columbiana County reported 83 new cases, or 81 cases per 100,000 people, a decrease from 100 cases per 100,000 people last week.

All three counties meet the same two risk indicators: new cases per capita and the proportion of new cases occurring outside group settings such as long-term care or correctional facilities.

Testing

• The weekly volume of virus testing statewide steadily decreased since reaching an all-time peak on Nov. 25.
• The seven-day moving average for positive tests was 3.5 percent on Thursday, which is slightly above the all-time low reported in earlier this month. That average percent peaked April 20 at 23.6 percent.

Vaccinations

• As of Saturday, 3,186,132 Ohioans have started to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, including 66,426 in Mahoning County, 54,310 in Trumbull and 24,809 in Columbiana.
• Statewide, 27.26 percent of Ohioans have started to receive the vaccine.

Mahoning County is above the statewide rate, with 29.05 percent of county residents having received the first dose of the vaccine. In Trumbull County, 27.43 percent of residents have started to receive the vaccine, and 24.35 percent of Columbiana County residents have started to receive the vaccine.

Coronavirus week by week

Here's a breakdown of how each complete week of the pandemic has looked like in Ohio so far. 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: 3,452
• 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

July 19 to July 25

• New cases: 9,050
• New deaths: 164
• New hospitalizations: 632
• New ICU admissions: 126

July 26 to Aug. 1

• New cases: 8,484
• New deaths: 207
• New hospitalizations: 785
• New ICU admissions: 138

Aug. 2 to Aug. 8

• New cases: 7,453
• New deaths: 150
• New hospitalizations: 569
• New ICU admissions: 97

Aug. 9 to Aug. 15

• New cases: 7,345
• New deaths: 150
• New hospitalizations: 784
• New ICU admissions: 113

Aug. 16 to Aug. 22

• New cases: 6,117
• New deaths: 148
• New hospitalizations: 568
• New ICU admissions: 109

Aug. 23 to Aug. 29

• New cases: 6,778
• New deaths: 150
• New hospitalizations: 539
• New ICU admissions: 78

Aug. 30 to Sept. 5

• New cases: 8,168
• New deaths: 127
• New hospitalizations: 520
• New ICU admissions: 80

Sept. 6 to Sept. 12

• New cases: 6,374
• New deaths: 149
• New hospitalizations: 476
• New ICU admissions: 56

Sept. 13 to Sept. 19

• New cases: 6,347
• New deaths: 198
• New hospitalizations: 466
• New ICU admissions: 87

Sept. 20 to Sept. 26

• New cases: 5,871
• New deaths: 123
• New hospitalizations: 435
• New ICU admissions: 72

Sept. 27 to Oct. 3

• New cases: 7,221
• New deaths: 178
• New hospitalizations: 550
• New ICU admissions: 72

Oct. 4 to Oct. 10

• New cases: 8,872
• New deaths: 72
• New hospitalizations: 620
• New ICU admissions: 106

Oct. 11 to Oct. 17

• New cases: 12,047
• New deaths: 70
• New hospitalizations: 654
• New ICU admissions: 114

Oct. 18 to Oct. 24

• New cases: 14,717
• New deaths: 137
• New hospitalizations: 997
• New ICU admissions: 166

Oct. 25 to Oct. 31

• New cases: 18,828
• New deaths: 92
• New hospitalizations: 1,126
• New ICU admissions: 154

Nov. 1 to Nov. 7

• New cases: 28,815
• New deaths: 189
• New hospitalizations: 1,263
• New ICU admissions: 146

Nov. 8 to Nov. 14

• New cases: 42,719
• New deaths: 190
• New hospitalizations: 1,681
• New ICU admissions: 182

Nov. 15 to Nov. 21

• New cases: 50,721
• New deaths: 235
• New hospitalizations: 2,142
• New ICU admissions: 207

Nov. 22 to Nov. 28

• New cases: 58,933
• New deaths: 361
• New hospitalizations: 2,044
• New ICU admissions: 214

Nov. 29 to Dec. 5

• New cases: 57,915
• New deaths: 512
• New hospitalizations: 2,697
• New ICU admissions: 262

Dec. 6 to Dec. 12

• New cases: 64,866
• New deaths: 436
• New hospitalizations: 2,844
• New ICU admissions: 281

Dec. 13 to Dec. 19

• New cases: 50,291
• New deaths: 441
• New hospitalizations: 2,750
• New ICU admissions: 332

Dec. 20 to Dec. 26

• New cases: 42,714
• New deaths: 352
• New hospitalizations: 1,960
• New ICU admissions: 206

Dec. 27 to Jan. 2

• New cases: 40,482
• New deaths: 450
• New hospitalizations: 2,120
• New ICU admissions: 221

Jan. 3 to Jan. 9

• New cases: 44,611
• New deaths: 485
• New hospitalizations: 2,424
• New ICU admissions: 238

Jan. 10 to Jan. 16

• New cases: 39,688
• New deaths: 441
• New hospitalizations: 1,991
• New ICU admissions: 197

Jan. 17 to Jan 23

• New cases: 29,204
• New deaths: 452
• New hospitalizations: 1,637
• New ICU admissions: 162

Jan. 24 to Jan. 30

• New cases: 24,335
• New deaths: 375
• New hospitalizations: 1,450
• New ICU admissions: 175

Jan. 31 to Feb, 6

• New cases: 17,780
• New deaths: 437
• New hospitalizations: 1,342
• New ICU admissions: 150

Feb. 7 to Feb. 13

• New cases: 13,159
• New deaths: 3,554
• New hospitalizations: 1,015
• New ICU admissions: 93

Feb. 14 to Feb. 20

• New cases: 9,405
• New deaths: 350
• New hospitalizations: 825
• New ICU admissions: 98

Feb. 21 to Feb. 27

• New cases: 9,476
• New deaths: 412
• New hospitalizations: 880
• New ICU admissions: 107

Feb. 28 to March 6

• New cases: 7,386
• New deaths: 419
• New hospitalizations: 651
• New ICU admissions: 75

March 7 to March 13

• New cases: 6,770
• New deaths: 380
• New hospitalizations: 668
• New ICU admissions: 61

March 14 to March 20

• New cases: 7,019
• New deaths: 311
• New hospitalizations: 583
• New ICU admissions: 58

March 21 to March 27

• New cases: 7,835
• New deaths: 183
• New hospitalizations: 588
• New ICU admissions: 63

This story was originally published March 29, 2021 at 3:52 AM with the headline "WEEKLY COVID-19 TRENDS | Ohio’s cases increase as officials warn of ‘avoidable’ surge."