The state’s death data can lag because Ohio uses death certificate data to determine coronavirus deaths. The data can also fluctuate because other states don’t regularly report death certificates to Ohio’s Bureau of Vital Statistics.
The day a death is reported does not reflect the day a death occurred.
The state added 6,651 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing its total to 1,458,747 since the pandemic started, according to ODH. In the last three weeks, Ohio is averaging 5,842 cases a day, and 5,505 cases a day in the last week.
As of Friday there were 3,395 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Ohio, including 938 in ICUs and 627 on ventilators. Coronavirus accounts for 12.9% of hospital beds, 19.68% of ICU beds and 13.22% of ventilators in the state.
Ohio has 5,311 (20.1%) hospital beds, 906 (19.01%) ICU beds and 2,908 (61.3%) of ventilators available.
In the last day, Ohio recorded 245 hospitalizations and 10 ICU admissions, according Friday’s data from the state health department. Ohio’s 21-day average is 260 hospitalizations a day and 22 ICU admissions a day.
More than 6.35 million Ohioans, or 54.4%, have started the COVID-19 vaccine. As of Friday, 65.67% of adults and 62.58% of those 12 and older have received at least one dose, according to ODH.
More than 5.91 million residents, or 50.64%, completed the vaccine, including 61.32% of adults and 59.19% of those 12 and older.
The health department reported 253,681 Ohioans have received additional doses of the vaccine.
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