Ohio's COVID-19 total surpasses 150,000, new cases remain above average

More than 150,000 Ohioans now have had COVID-19, after the Ohio Department of Health announced another 1,115 cases diagnosed as of Saturday.

Saturday's caseload is more than the three-week average of 963 new cases reported per day, and brings Ohio's total to 150,009.

However, just six deaths were reported by the health department, which is well under the three-week average of 23 new deaths per day. None of those deaths occurred in Franklin County.

So far, 4,740 Ohioans have died from the virus, according to the state.

New hospitalizations and intensive-care admissions reported Saturday also were less than the three-week average. There were 58 hospitalizations (66 is the average) and four ICU admissions (10 is the average).

On Saturday, 625 Ohioans remained hospitalized with COVID-19, including 205 in ICUs and 95 on ventilators.

Franklin County has reported the most cases in Ohio, with 26,872, and the second-most deaths (607). Cuyahoga County has the second-most cases (17,437) and the most deaths (656).

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