ODH also reported on Saturday that in the last 24 hours, 164 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19. The current 21-day average of reported hospitalizations due to COVID-19 is 171.
Eight new patients were admitted to the ICU with COVID-19 in Ohio in the last 24 hours, according to the statistics. The 21-day average of reported ICU admissions is 18.
A total of 25,643 people have died from COVID-19 in the state of Ohio as of Saturday. The state updates death data twice a week. Because other states don’t regularly report death certificates to Ohio’s Bureau of Vital Statistics, death data can fluctuate.
As of Saturday, 56.3% of Ohioans, or over 6.5 million people, have have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, including 67.41% of adults, 65.32% of those 12 and older, and 59.83% of those 5 years of age and older.
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