Coronavirus Case Update: Aug. 14, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Health reports 106,557 total cases of COVID-19 in the state, up 1,131 in the last 24 hours, as well as 3,784 deaths. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reports 122,950 total cases in the commonwealth and 7,409 deaths.
In Mahoning County, the ODH reports 2,665 cases, with 429 hospitalizations and 259 deaths. Mahoning County is fifth in the state for deaths and ninth in the state for the number of cases. Mahoning County Public Health reports 2,662 cases and 260 deaths.
The ODH reports 1,598 cases in Trumbull County with 309 hospitalizations and 112 deaths. In Columbiana County, the ODH reports 1,704 positive cases, 186 hospitalizations and 61 deaths. The Columbiana County Health District reports 1,716 positive cases.
Mahoning, Columbiana and Trumbull counties are rated Orange in the state’s color-coded Public Health Advisory System.
Of the total cases reported by ODH, 100,945 are confirmed. ODH reported 5,612 probable cases based on the CDC’s expanded case definition. There have been 12,128 hospitalizations and 2,755 intensive care admissions. And there have been 3,784 total deaths, which breaks down to 3,510 confirmed deaths and another 274 probable deaths under the CDC expanded diagnosis definition. The 21-day case average is 1,181.
The median age of those testing positive is 42. The state reports a presumed 84,904 Ohioans have recovered after testing positive. (Presumed recovered is defined as cases with a symptom onset date of greater than 21 days prior who are not deceased, according to the ODH website.)
Thus far, Ohio has conducted 1,773,797 tests. Of the positive tests, 11,932 or 11% are health care workers. CLICK HERE for a map of testing locations in the state.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 122,950 total cases, with 585 hospitalizations, 103 of whom are on ventilators. Since March 6, there have been 7,445 deaths in Pennsylvania. Of the cases reported, 118,731 are confirmed.
Of all tests conducted in Pennsylvania, 1,304,739 were reported negative. And of all positive cases, 78% have recovered (If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test [or onset of symptoms] then an individual is considered recovered, according to the health department’s website).
Mercer County has 480 total cases and 12 deaths with 8,753 negative tests, while Lawrence County has 420 total cases, 16 deaths and 5,742 negative tests.
The figures are updated daily by the Ohio Department of Health at 2 p.m. and Pennsylvania Department of Health at noon.
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