Ohio reports 10,170 more COVID-19 cases: weekly coronavirus update for Thursday, Nov. 17

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio came closer to dipping below the 10,000-cases benchmark this week, as the number of COVID-19 cases lowered from 10,865 last week to 10,170 this week.

Ohio has been over 10,000 cases per week every week, except for brief dips, since the beginning of May. Weekly case numbers last dipped below 10,000 for two weeks in October.

Total reported COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic were 40,391.

Erroneous data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention caused the Nov. 10 COVID-19 deaths to be underreported as eight, the Ohio Department of Health reported Thursday as part of its weekly dashboard update.

“The error was caught and the adjustment was made, leading to this week’s number of 134 deaths,” state health officials said. “The total of 142 deaths over two weeks is consistent with recent weekly averages.”

This week’s case total averages to about 1,453 cases per day over seven days.

The total COVID-19 case count since early 2020 has now reached 3,218,335.

A total of 7,524,712 Ohioans have received at least one vaccination, representing about 67.9% of Ohioans age 5 and up.

Since the beginning of 2021, there have been 25,357 deaths among people reported as unvaccinated, and 1,413 among people reported to be fully vaccinated. And there have been 80,082 hospitalized Ohioans who were not fully vaccinated, and 5,959 fully vaccinated people hospitalized.

The state does not report for COVID-19 cases whether people were vaccinated.

Thursday’s recap

* Total reported cases: 3,218,335 up 10,170.

* Total reported deaths: 40,391, up 134.

* Total reported hospitalizations: 129,979, up 414.

* Total reported ICU admissions: 14,477, up 37.

Nov. 10 recap

* Total reported cases: 3,208,165, up 10,865.

* Total reported deaths: 40,257, up 8.

* Total reported hospitalizations: 129,565, up 521.

* Total reported ICU admissions: 14,440, up 33.

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