MANSFIELD – Eleven Richland County residents are hospitalized with COVID-19 when Richland County Public Health released its weekly updated numbers from the Ohio Department of Health on Friday afternoon.
The data totals are listed below as of April 9 at 2 p.m. The U.S. and Global data is from Johns Hopkins.
Richland County has 8,139 confirmed positive pandemic cases with 2,696 probable cases for a total of 10,835 cumulative cases. There have been 590 hospitalizations with 11 current (per OHA). There have been 211 confirmed pandemic deaths. 10,300 people on the cumulative list have recovered.
OHIO has 874,977 confirmed positive pandemic cases with 160,575 probable cases for 1,035,552 total cases with 18,819 pandemic deaths. There are or have been 53,960 individuals hospitalized in Ohio with 7,518 ICU admissions. Ohio’s presumed-recovered count is 979,834.
The U.S. has 31,023,288 cumulative pandemic cases in all 50 states and 5 jurisdictions; 560,315 pandemic deaths; U.S. Recovered Cases: 24,273,615 (from worldometer).
Global cumulative pandemic cases: 134,200,330 cases; 2,906,785 pandemic deaths; Global Recovered Cases: 76,213,991.
How is Ohio doing in its COVID-19 vaccine distribution?: COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard
Find Vaccine Provider Locations and Contact information here: vaccine.coronavirus.ohio.gov
Richland Public Health and Local Provider News here: richlandhealth.org/vaccine-registration
COVID-19 Vaccine Questions and Answers here: richlandhealth.org/covid-vaccine-qa
Timeline (Condensed – full timeline at richlandhealth.org/coronavirus-data):
March 19, 2020: Richland County has its first confirmed case of coronavirus.
April 8, 2020: Richland County has its first death from COVID-19
December 28, 2020: Richland County receives first COVID-19 Vaccines. Start Phase 1A
January 19, 2021: Vaccinations start for Phase 1B. Vaccine supply is limited.
March 4: Vaccinations start for age 60 and older.
March 4: Ohio Governor DeWine announces all COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted when Ohio gets to 50 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population for a two week period.
March 25: Richland Public Health begins vaccinating all ages 18 and older
April 1: Cases begin showing an uptick again as COVID-19 variants are detected
RICHLAND COUNTY COVID-19 GUIDELINES
Richland County residents should follow the recommended guidelines to reduce the spread of the pandemic:
Get COVID-19 Vaccinated from any Richland County provider
See the provider list at richlandhealth.org/vaccine-registration
Wear a face covering (cloth mask) if you must be out in the public.
Must wear a face covering (cloth mask) when entering a retail business or grocery
Maintain social distancing of at least 6 feet from non-household members.
Follow good hygiene standards, including:
Wash hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Use hand sanitizer frequently.
Avoid touching your face.
Cover coughs or sneezes (e.g., into a tissue, or elbow).
Symptom self-evaluation monitoring.
Decrease in-person interactions with others.
Conduct a daily health/symptom self-evaluation and stay at home if symptomatic.
