MANSFIELD — COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in north central Ohio, according to Richland Public Health and Avita Health Systems.
Richland Public Health issued the following update on Friday afternoon:
The following update as of Dec. 3 in Richland County and Ohio data from the Ohio Department of Health. The U.S. and Global data is from Johns Hopkins.
Richland County has had 15,495 confirmed positive pandemic cases with 5,607 probable cases for a total of 21,102 cumulative cases since the first case on March 19, 2020.
There have been 582 cases in the last seven days, and 1,015 cases over the last two weeks. There have been 991 hospitalizations (currently 58 with 15 on ventilators).
There have been 350 confirmed pandemic deaths by the CDC*. 19,209 people on the cumulative list have recovered.
* Death data within 120 days may be preliminary and subject to increase due to CDC verification.
OHIO has 1,368,351 confirmed positive pandemic cases with 349,525 probable cases for 1,717,876 total cases since the first cases on March 9, 2020. Ohio had 40,119 cases in the last seven days.
Ohio has 26,851 pandemic deaths (34 in the last seven day). There are or have been 87,504 individuals hospitalized in Ohio (882 in the last seven days) with 10,868 total ICU admissions. Ohio’s presumed-recovered count is 1,575,549.
The U.S. has 48,833,400 cumulative pandemic cases with 786,000 cumulative deaths. In the Last 28 days: 2,471,800 cases and 33,000 deaths.
Global: 264,438,500 cumulative pandemic cases with 5,238,700 cumulative deaths. In the Last 28 Days: 15,149,700 cases and 204,000 deaths. Total global COVID-19 vaccine doses administered: 8,111,039,000.
ODH Data and Vaccination information (by County): COVID-19 Dashboard
Find Vaccine & Booster Provider Locations and Contacts here: gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov
Richland Public Health and Local Provider News here: richlandhealth.org/covid-vaccine-qa/
COVID-19 Vaccine Questions and Answers here: countonmerc.org
The CDC COVID Data Tracker can zero in on how COVID is populating in your county.
In addition, Avita Health System announced that it is experiencing a record high surge of COVID-19 inpatients at Bucyrus, Galion, and Ontario Hospitals.
The surge started on Nov. 18 and has now reached 46 COVID-19 patients admitted or awaiting admission to an Avita hospital.
The acuity of care is high with approximately a quarter of those patients on ventilators, including 69% of the COVID-19 patients in Avita’s intensive care units. According to Chris Adler, Director of Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness, 97% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients are not vaccinated.
“We are at 112% of our normal bed capacity,” said Adler. “We’ve responded by adding additional beds and staffing. Over the past month, we’ve had a 421% increase in COVID-19 inpatients, which has been the most rapid surge we’ve experienced throughout the pandemic.
“Our positivity rate for COVID-19 is 24% at our emergency departments, walk-in clinics, and testing sites.”
Avita recommends that community members remain diligent in the fight against COVID-19 by practicing good hand hygiene, masking, and social distancing. If you are sick, stay home to protect others. Avita advises that the best way to prevent serious COVID-19 illness is the vaccine, and the best treatment if diagnosed early is monoclonal antibody infusion therapy. Avita offers both services to the community.
For more information, visit avitahealth.org.
