Coronavirus In Ohio: Numbers Continue Downward Trend

COLUMBUS, OH — Ohio again confirmed fewer than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in a day, the state health department confirmed.

Ohio's key COVID-19 metrics have been trending downward over the past two weeks. The state had been averaging more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases per day. On Tuesday, the state health department confirmed 844 new cases.

Gov. Mike DeWine believes Tuesday's depressed COVID-19 numbers could be the result of a sunny summer weekend.

"Our case numbers are again lower today. We have seen this pattern pretty regularly. Health care utilization goes down over the weekend and it takes a few days for our numbers to rebound. Sadly we're approaching 4,000 deaths from COVID-19," the governor said.

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Deaths related to the virus were also down on Tuesday. Ten Ohioans died from COVID-19 complications in the past 24 hours. That's down versus the state average of 20 COVID-19 deaths per day.

Hospitalizations related to the virus were up slightly on Tuesday. Nearly 100 Ohioans entered hospitals for COVID-19 care on Tuesday.

Here are all of Tuesday's COVID-19 numbers:

• New cases: 844
• New deaths: 10
• New hospitalizations: 97
• New ICU admissions: 15