COVID-19 Alert - December 14

 By the Numbers:

• Individuals Tested: 6,907,046

• 88 counties with at least one case

• Ages range from less than one year old to 111 years of age, with a median age of 42

• State of Ohio COVID-19 dashboard: https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/home/dashboard

• Total Cases: 570,602 (36,840 of which are health care workers)

• Case Increase in Last 24-Hour Period: 7,875

• 21 Day Reported Case Average: 9,871

• Total Deaths: 7,551

• Deaths Reported in Last 24-Hour Period: 59

• 21 Day Reported Death Average: 73

• Total Hospitalizations: 32,264 (5,209 of which are in the intensive care unit)

• Hospitalization Increase in last 24-Hour Period: 291

• 21 Day Reported Hospitalizations Average: 360

Vaccinations Begin in Ohio:

• The first COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered in Ohio. Shipments of 975 doses were delivered this morning to both The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus and UC Health in Cincinnati. Several healthcare workers and personnel who are routinely involved with the care of COVID-19 patients immediately received vaccinations.

• Vaccine shipments will be delivered to eight additional hospitals in Ohio tomorrow:

  • Mercy Health St. Vincent Hospital, Lucas County

  • Cleveland Clinic, Cuyahoga County

  • Metro Health Medical Center, Cuyahoga County

  • Mercy Health Springfield Regional Medical Center, Clark County

  • OhioHealth Riverside Hospital, Franklin County

  • Aultman Hospital, Stark County

  • OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital, Athens County

  • Genesis Hospital, Muskingum County

• All 10 hospitals were selected based on geography, population, and access to ultra-cold storage capacity.

• As COVID-19 vaccines continue to come to Ohio, Cardinal Health’s OptiFreight Logistics business will help provide same-day delivery services. Once the vaccine is widely available, this partnership will allow Ohio to ship the vaccine to approximately 350 locations across the state.

Nursing Home Vaccinations:

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has invited Ohio to participate in an early scaled launch of vaccinations in nursing homes. Ohio will begin providing vaccinations in five to ten nursing homes starting this Friday, December 18.

• Ohio had previously been scheduled to start its nursing home vaccination program in partnership with pharmacy providers on Monday, December 21.

Vaccination Dashboard:

• Governor DeWine announced that Ohio will launch a new COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard in the coming days at coronavirus.ohio.gov. The dashboard will list the number of people vaccinated in Ohio and will be sortable by demographic and by county.