Starting next week, the Ohio Department of Health will no longer provide daily updates on its COVID-19 dashboard and instead will focus on publishing new data once a week. The move comes as COVID-19 cases continue to drop in Ohio.
The announcement came during the ODH's weekly zoom meeting. You can watch the full news conference in the player below:
Back in January, Ohio had about 2,100 cases per 100,000 residents. Today, that numbers averages around 78—the lowest its been since last August. Hospitalizations in January were around 8,000. Today, fewer than 800 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, he said. "Cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions, vaccinations, which are all currently reported daily along with deaths, which are reported twice weekly, will be reported each Thursday on our dashboard," Vanderhoff said.
The shift in reporting will align with the new way the CDC has moved away from relying on daily case numbers as the"sole measure of risk" and instead, will now focus on the severity of illness in a community"as reflected by the percentage of hospital capacity that's devoted to caring for COVID-19 patients, as well as the number of new patients admitted to hospitals of the past week," Vanderhoff said.
The ODH still recommends vaccination as the best way to defend yourself against the virus. And while masking has been relaxed in some areas by the CDC, it is still recommended in higher risk areas, especially for older or immunocompromised individuals. Rebound Northeast Ohio News 5's initiative to help people through the financial impact of the coronavirus by offering one place to go for information on everything available to help and how to access it. We're providing resources on:
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