Health & Fitness
Officials Confirm 1,332 New COVID-19 Cases In Ohio
Ohio has seen an uptick in new COVID-19 cases over the past 48 hours.
COLUMBUS, OH — With Labor Day on the horizon, Ohio health officials continue to closely monitor the state's COVID-19 spread.
In the past 24 hours, 1,332 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed among Ohioans. That's above the state's three-week average of 1,042 new cases per day, and steady with Thursday's COVID-19 case tally.
However, Thursday saw a spike in COVID-19-related deaths, with 50 Ohioans dying from the virus in 24 hours. On Friday, 22 Ohioans died from coronavirus complications, level with the state's per day COVID-19 death averages.
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Hospitalizations and intensive care admissions were roughly level with their state averages as well. Here are all of Friday's COVID-19 numbers:
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- New cases: 1,332
- New deaths: 22
- New hospitalizations: 68
- New ICU admissions: 19
@fema is donating 9 million masks to Ohio in the next few weeks. We will be distributing 4 million of those masks to students and teachers at schools across the state including public, private, charter, parochial schools and career centers.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) September 3, 2020
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