COVID-19 In Ohio: 3,235 New Cases, Summer Hospitalization Record

COLUMBUS, OH — More than 200 Ohioans suffering from COVID-19 were admitted to hospitals on Tuesday, setting a new summer record for most hospitalizations in a day, the state health department announced.

Over the past 24 hours, the state health department has confirmed 3,235 new COVID-19 cases among Ohioans and 220 coronavirus hospitalizations throughout the state.

Hospitalizations and deaths tend to lag behind surges in new cases, which is why Ohio had been averaging nearly 2,000 new cases, but only 90 COVID-19 hospitalizations per day.

Also on Tuesday, 18 Ohioans were admitted to intensive care units due to severe COVID-19 symptoms, the Ohio Department of Health said.

Here are the totals for break-through COVID-19 cases, meaning severe illness developed in a person fully vaccinated against the virus:

• Since Jan. 1, 2021, 19,028 Ohioans have been hospitalized with COVID-19. Only 362 of those hospitalizations were break-through cases, the state health department said.
• Since Jan. 1, 2021, 6,910 Ohioans have died due to COVID-19. Of those, 67 were fully vaccinated.

Vaccination efforts continue throughout the state, with nearly 51 percent of all Ohioans now having received at least one COVID-19 vaccine. However, vaccines are not yet available for Ohioans 12 and older. When that age group is removed, nearly 60 percent of all eligible Ohioans have received a COVID-19 vaccine.