The Ohio Hospital Association reported that 1,095 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, with about one in 17 patients testing positive for the coronavirus. In the past week, coronavirus hospitalizations dropped by 12%. The ODH reported that 64 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
While the overall number of lives lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. has eclipsed 575,000, deaths have plummeted to an average of about 670 per day from a peak of around 3,400 in mid-January.
Thirty-nine percent of the nation’s adult population has been fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over 55% of adults have received at least one dose, up from 30% a month ago.
In Ohio, 4,715,308 people have had at least one dose of the vaccine, bringing the partially vaccinated population to 40.34% of the population. The ODH reported that 23,203 people have completed their vaccine dose in the past 24 hours, bringing those with a completed vaccine dose to 3,856,309 people, or just under 33% of the state’s population.
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