COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to climb in Ohio

Another 324 Ohioans tested positive for the coronavirus since Thursday, bringing the statewide total of confirmed cases to 5,836 as of 2 p.m. Friday, the Ohio Department of Health reported (Source: “Coronavirus: Confirmed cases increase to 5,836; Ohio changing the way it reports virus data,” Columbus Dispatch, April 10, 2020).

That represents a 5.8% increase in cases from yesterday. The number of confirmed deaths in Ohio increased to 227 Friday, representing a 6.5% increase in deaths, from Thursday to Friday.

There are 1,755 Ohioans hospitalized for COVID-19 as of Friday, including 548 people admitted to intensive care units.

The state also reported another “probable” 42 cases of the virus, per an expanded definition of COVID-19 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That expanded consideration means there are an additional four deaths on top of 227 confirmed that can likely be attributed to the coronavirus, according to the state.

Until now, cases were only counted if they had been confirmed by a lab test, DeWine said. People will be counted in this new category if they are diagnosed through new, rapid methods of testing, DeWine said. It will also include a patient who has been exposed to a confirmed case and does not test positive for another disease.

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