COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio

COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio
COVID-19 county alert levels in Ohio as of March 4, 2021. Classifications under Ohio's Public Health Advisory Alert System are based on a series of metrics gauging the severity of local outbreaks.   Level 1 - Active exposure and spread   Level 2 - Increased exposure and spread   Level 3 - Very high exposure and spread   Level 4 - Severe exposure and spread
Map of the outbreak in Ohio by confirmed new infections per 100,000 people (14 days preceding March 6)   1,000+   500–1,000   200–500   100–200   50–100   20–50   10–20   0–10   No confirmed new cases or no/bad data
Map of the outbreak in Ohio by confirmed total infections per 100,000 people (as of March 6)   10,000+   3,000–10,000   1,000–3,000   300–1,000   100–300   30–100   0–30   No confirmed infected or no data
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Ohio, U.S.
Index case	Cuyahoga County
Arrival date	January 2, 2020
Confirmed cases	836,358[1]
Suspected cases‡	142,113
Hospitalized cases	50,881
Critical cases	7,207
Recovered	925,655
Deaths	17,502[1]
Government website
coronavirus.ohio.gov
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Ohio on March 9, 2020, when the state's first cases were reported. The first death from COVID-19 in Ohio was reported on March 19. Subsequently, records supported by further testing showed that undetected cases had existed in Ohio since early January, with the first confirmed death on March 17. By April 23, Ohio had 656 confirmed deaths; by May 1, there were 1002 confirmed deaths. Accurate data was difficult to obtain due to limited test availability. By December 12, a total of 553,461 cases had been reported leading to 31,803 hospitalizations and 7,477 deaths.^[2]

As of March 6, 2021^[update], Ohio has administered at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 1,929,773 people, or 16.51% of the population, and completed vaccination for 1,075,272 people, or 9.20% of the population.^[3]