© Rich Exner, cleveland.com/Rich Exner, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS These are the estimated onset dates for each of Ohio's 4,043 confirmed coronavirus cases. Note, however, that confirmation often is days after the first symptoms, leading to smaller numbers for recent dates.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 4,043 confirmed coronavirus cases to date in Ohio are spread across 77 of the state’s 88 counties, with 119 deaths, the Ohio Department of Health reported Sunday.

The total was up from 3,739 cases in 76 counties from Saturday, while the number of deaths increased from 102. Sunday’s report included the first two cases for Monroe County in eastern Ohio. Deaths have been reported in 30 counties.

Details for each county including hospitalizations, deaths and per capita rates are in a chart at the bottom of this story.

The increase in newly reported cases was up 8%, by far the lowest day-to-day increase in data reported by the Ohio Department of Health since the outbreak in mid-March. Total cases increased 13%, 14%, 14%, 16%, 14%, 17% and 18% the previous days. The percentages before then had been in the 20s and 30s.

However, Ohio Health Director Dr. Amy Acton has cautioned that the totals are understated, often calling them the “tip of the iceberg," because of limited testing. Random testing of Ohioans is planned to get a better idea of the scope of the virus. Acton said testing to date has focused on health care workers and those with the most severe problems.

© Rich Exner, cleveland.com/Rich Exner, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS These charts illustrate the daily change by percent and number for confirmed coronavirus cases reported by the Ohio Department of Health.

The state has not released any information on the number of current cases, excluding those who no longer have coronavirus, saying the information is not yet available, but Acton said efforts are being made to track those numbers.

Health officials have said coronavirus often runs its course in 14 days, though severe cases can last longer. Based on state estimates of the onset of symptoms, 2,929 of the cases confirmed to date had an onset in the last two weeks, excluding people who have died.

The age range to date is from under 1 to 101, with a median age of 53.

There are now 35.5 confirmed cases per 100,000 people in Ohio, with the highest rates in Mahoning (114.1), Miami (71) Lucas (70.5) and Cuyahoga (66.9).

The 119 deaths are spread across 30 counties, with the most in Mahoning County (15), Cuyahoga (14), Miami (10) and Summit (9). Cuyahoga (Cleveland) and Summit (Akron) counties are adjacent, and Mahoning (Youngstown) is just to the east.

© Rich Exner, cleveland.com/Rich Exner, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Ohio's coronavirus cases are spread across all by 11 of the state's 88 counties.

The state reported 1,104 hospitalizations to date, with 346 in intensive care units. This is up from 1,006 and 326 on Saturday, 895 and 288 on Friday, 802 and 260 on Thursday and 679 and 222.

The statewide total of confirmed cases was 3,312 on Friday, 2,902 on Thursday, 2,547 on Wednesday, 2,199 on Tuesday, 1,933 on Monday and 1,653 last Sunday, 1,406.

The first three cases were confirmed on March 9. The total topped 100 on March 19, exceeded 1,000 on March 27, topped 2,000 on Tuesday and then moved over 3,000 on Friday. Sunday marked the first time over 4,000.

Some numbers may change from day to day. As the state works to clean data, it sometimes has reduced the number of cases in individual counties from one day to the next. On Saturday, the state reported just one more case for Cuyahoga County (781) than on Friday (780), but 45 more on Sunday (826 in total). And the number of cases for Summit County of 184 did not change from Saturday to Sunday.

The chart below shows what the Ohio Department of Health reported on Sunday. Cleveland.com calculated the cases per 100,000 rates based on 2019 census population estimates.

Rich Exner, data analysis editor for cleveland.com, writes about numbers on a variety of topics. Follow on Twitter @RichExner. See other data-related stories at cleveland.com/datacentral.

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