COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio marked 8,133 newly reported coronavirus cases on Sunday.
The state has been averaging a positivity rate of 13.5% over the last seven days. Data for the last recorded day was Friday with a rate of 13.9%.
Case numbers have been edging higher in the last week, averaging between 7,000 and about 8,000 cases each day.
The state has continued a trend of increasing cases, prompting Gov. Mike DeWine to enact a statewide overnight curfew in hopes of getting case numbers to drop.
On Sunday, Ohio had 12 new deaths and 205 hospitalizations. A total of 24,423 people remain hospitalized. A total of 5,996 people have died.
That's lower compared to 29 deaths on Saturday and 260 hospitalizations.
There were also 24 patients admitted into hospital intensive care units on Sunday, bringing the state's total to 4,418.
Franklin County has led the state in the number of infections, which had a total of 48,389 cases and 665 deaths total as of Sunday followed by Cuyahoga County, which had 34,096 cases and the most deaths with a total of 734.
The case total doesn't account for a backlog of about 12,000 less reliable rapid antigen tests that the state is double-checking. The state always verifies those tests, but the number performed on a daily basis has exploded from hundreds to thousands, making it difficult to check within 24 hours. A majority of those tests are expected to come back positive, officials said.
DeWine's order, which began on Friday, limits Ohioans from going out between 10 p.m. and 5 p.m. until Dec. 10. Ohioans are supposed to stay at home during those orders unless they are seeking medical treatment, pickup up or take-out food, going to work or taking care of other essential needs such a grocery shopping.
