COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s 937 known coronavirus-related deaths are spread across 60 of the state’s 88 counties, with total cases now reaching 17,303, the Ohio Department of Health reported Wednesday.

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The reported deaths increased 17.3% from 799 the day before, while the case total increased 3.2% from 16,769.

However, death reports are lagging. The new deaths reported Wednesday included seven from April 15, eight from April 16, seven from April 17, nine from April 18 and 12 from April 21.

The Ohio Department of Health on Wednesday reported 937 deaths related to coronavirus. It sometimes takes weeks before confirmation is made. For example, 78 deaths that occurred more than a week ago were added Wednesday by the state.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

Separately, data collected by the Ohio Hospital Association showed a dip in current coronavirus patients from reporting hospitals to 980 on Wednesday, from 1,073 the day before.

The number of patients in intensive care was reported at 404, down from 438.

The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units on any given day has remained under 500 for the last week, based on reports filed by Ohio hospitals with the Ohio Hospital Association. This could include some patients from out of state.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

This chart shows the number of coronavirus patients on a given day, as reported by Ohio hospitals to the Ohio Hospital Association. Totals for the most recent days may be revised later.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

The state’s case total has gone up by 534, 444, 362, 376 and 418 the last five days. Higher increases earlier this month were tied heavily to stepped-up testing in prisons, even among inmates without symptoms.

The prison department on Tuesday reported 4,357 cases to date (3,854 inmates and 503 staff). This was up from 489 inmates and 184 staff April 16. The latest totals include close to 2,000 each at the Marion and Pickaway correctional institutions.

Also affecting comparisons to earlier trends, the state on April 10 began new reporting standards to include more types of testing and cases identified from non-testing evidence. This has resulted in 702 “probable” cases in the total over what would have been previously reported.

The Ohio Department of Health reported 534 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

Wednesday marked the eighth consecutive day of case increases of 4% or lower. In March the daily increases were often above 20%, and sometimes above 40%.

Dr. Amy Acton, the state’s health director, has said Ohio has largely plateaued overall. Acton said many more people likely have been infected than the numbers show.

Gov. Mike DeWine has announced that Ohio will soon significantly increase testing capacity. While more testing is viewed as a key to containing the spread of the virus, it will also cause the number of reported cases to go up.

A total of 128,206 tests have been conducted, the state reported.

These are the estimated onset dates since March 16 for each of Ohio's reported coronavirus cases. Confirmation often is days after the first symptoms, leading to smaller numbers for the most recent days. Prison testing resulted in a spike in mid-April.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

Ohio unlike some other states has not released information on the number of current cases remaining, excluding those who no longer have coronavirus, saying that information is not available. Acton said that when patients are not hospitalized, tracking is limited.

Yet health officials have said the coronavirus often runs its course in 14 days, longer for the most severe cases, indicating that many known cases no longer exist.

Among the cases reported to date, excluding those who have died, 7,337 have had an onset in the last two weeks. A larger share of the cases – 9,029 – are older.

Health officials say coronavirus often lasts less than two weeks, though it can be longer for severe cases. This graphic provides a breakdown of the cases reported to date – based on onset before and after two weeks ago.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

The age range for confirmed cases to date is from under 1 to 106, with a median age of 51.

The state reported 276 nursing home patients have died with coronavirus, representing 29.4% of the deaths.

Just over half of all deaths (471 of 937, or 50.3%) have been people age 80 and over. This age group accounted for 44% of the deaths nationally in 2017.

About half of Ohioans are under 40, yet only seven people in this age group are known to have died from coronavirus, six in their 30s and one in their 20s.

The deaths in 60 counties include highs of 114 in Lucas County, 110 in Cuyahoga County and 81 in Mahoning County. Among these are 33 nursing home deaths in Lucas, 20 in Cuyahoga and 15 in Mahoning.

For the 860 deaths in which race is reported, 79.3% are white, and 17.7% are black. Yet for total cases, 58.3% are white and 27.5% black. Ohio’s population is 81.9% white and 13% black, census estimates say.

Among all cases reported to date, 3,421 have been hospitalized, including 1,014 in intensive care units. These totals were 3,340 and 1,004 on Tuesday, 3,232 and 978 on Monday, 3,178 and 952 on Sunday.

The Ohio Department of Health reported the first three cases of coronavirus on March 9. On Wednesday, April 29, it reported 17,303.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

The counties with the most cases are Franklin (2,216), Marion (2,196), Cuyahoga (2,030), and Pickaway (1,722). Franklin (Columbus) and Cuyahoga (Cleveland) are Ohio’s two most populated counties; Marion and Pickaway have high numbers of prisoners with COVID-19.

The statewide total of confirmed cases was 14,117 a week ago.

The first three cases were confirmed on March 9. The total topped 100 on March 19, exceeded 1,000 for the first time on March 27, and went over 10,000 on April 18.

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 as corrected residency information is received.

The chart below is based on the most recent case data from the Ohio Department of Health. 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.

County Cases Hosp. Deaths Cases

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100,000 Adams 5 0 0 18.1 Allen 116 43 22 113.3 Ashland 6 1 0 11.2 Ashtabula 116 19 15 119.3 Athens 3 1 1 4.6 Auglaize 32 8 3 70.1 Belmont 128 16 7 191.0 Brown 11 2 1 25.3 Butler 261 74 7 68.1 Carroll 19 6 1 70.6 Champaign 14 2 1 36.0 Clark 51 10 2 38.0 Clermont 81 21 3 39.2 Clinton 29 7 0 69.1 Columbiana 247 95 23 242.4 Coshocton 17 4 0 46.4 Crawford 45 5 0 108.4 Cuyahoga 2,030 552 110 164.4 Darke 76 14 14 148.7 Defiance 20 9 1 52.5 Delaware 153 21 4 73.1 Erie 54 14 3 72.7 Fairfield 129 27 2 81.9 Fayette 15 1 0 52.6 Franklin 2,216 335 71 168.3 Fulton 21 5 0 49.9 Gallia 6 3 1 20.1 Geauga 153 28 13 163.4 Greene 46 9 4 27.2 Guernsey 15 1 0 38.6 Hamilton 1,150 261 68 140.7 Hancock 37 7 1 48.8 Hardin 24 2 0 76.5 Harrison 4 1 0 26.6 Henry 5 1 0 18.5 Highland 11 2 1 25.5 Hocking 16 7 1 56.6 Holmes 5 2 1 11.4 Huron 30 5 1 51.5 Jackson 4 1 0 12.3 Jefferson 43 12 1 65.8 Knox 16 5 1 25.7 Lake 165 50 7 71.7 Lawrence 24 4 0 40.4 Licking 115 24 5 65.0 Logan 18 3 0 39.4 Lorain 418 81 22 134.9 Lucas 1,208 392 114 282.0 Madison 60 12 3 134.1 Mahoning 804 238 81 351.6 Marion 2,196 28 4 3,373.6 Medina 165 43 15 91.8 Meigs 2 0 0 8.7 Mercer 18 4 1 43.7 Miami 138 49 27 129.0 Monroe 3 2 0 22.0 Montgomery 279 89 10 52.5 Morgan 4 0 0 27.6 Morrow 41 4 1 116.1 Muskingum 10 4 0 11.6 Noble 5 2 0 34.7 Ottawa 37 13 0 91.3 Paulding 8 3 0 42.8 Perry 12 6 0 33.2 Pickaway 1,722 49 20 2,945.8 Pike 3 0 0 10.8 Portage 230 65 39 141.6 Preble 27 5 2 66.0 Putnam 64 11 6 189.0 Richland 80 22 1 66.0 Ross 37 8 1 48.3 Sandusky 23 9 4 39.3 Scioto 8 0 0 10.6 Seneca 14 5 1 25.4 Shelby 30 12 1 61.7 Stark 333 80 39 89.9 Summit 584 223 49 107.9 Trumbull 305 115 30 154.1 Tuscarawas 60 11 0 65.2 Union 19 2 0 32.2 Van Wert 3 1 0 10.6 Vinton 5 0 0 38.2 Warren 134 26 11 57.1 Washington 95 11 12 158.6 Wayne 125 21 24 108.0 Williams 33 4 1 89.9 Wood 154 48 20 117.7 Wyandot 25 3 2 114.8 Statewide 17,303 3,421 937 148.0

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