Coronavirus in Ohio Friday update: 4,000 cases, nearly 700 deaths
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Health has released the latest number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
Numbers as of Friady, Feb. 4 follow:
| Total | Change | |
| New cases | 2,605,245 | +4,004 |
| Hospitalizations | 108,801 | +203 |
| ICU admissions | 12,855 | +19 |
| Deaths* | 34,217 | +680 |
The 21-day case average is below 15,000.
The department reported 1,642 people started the vaccination process Tuesday, bringing the total to 7,177,678 which is 61.39% of the state’s population. And 3,274 received booster shots.
The Ohio Hospital Association reported the following numbers related to COVID-19 patients:
| Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 | No. | Percent of total beds | Percent of total beds available |
| Total | 3,348 | 14.1% | 18.6% |
| In ICU | 687 | 16.85% | 20.41% |
| On ventilator | 470 | 9.24% | 66.38% |
Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff detailed the latest in the state’s precipitous drop in COVID-19 cases, as the omicron variant wave falls off its peak during a news conference, Friday. Coronavirus cases reported every week by Ohio schools came in under 20,000 for the first time in a month on Thursday, as the state continues to see infections drop from an omicron variant wave peak in January.