Governor's Office COVID-19 Update | August 17, 2021

Below are updates from Governor DeWine’s press conference yesterday.

Ohio’s COVID-19 case per 100,000:           194.2

COVID-19 Update: Vaccinations Increasing, Delta Variant, Local Efforts Encouraged

• Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health Director Bruce Vanderhoff, M.D. today updated Ohioans about the state of the COVID-19 virus in Ohio.

• Today 3,235 positive COVID-19 cases were reported.
• To put that into context, there have been three days in the last week with more than 3,000 newly reported cases.
• Prior to the past week, there hasn’t been a single day with over 3,000 newly reported cases since February.

• While vaccinations across the state continue, for children ages 12 to 17 years old, only 35% of them are currently vaccinated.

• School officials making decisions about their district's mask policy should refer to the Ohio Department of Health's COVID-19 Health and Prevention Guidance for Ohio K-12 Schools released earlier this summer.

CASE DATA & VACCINE INFORMATION

• In-depth COVID-19 data for Ohio: coronavirus.ohio.gov.
• Ohio's central scheduling system: gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov
• All vaccine providers: vaccine.coronavirus.ohio.gov

As always, Coronavirus.Ohio.Gov and the Department of Health hotline, 1-833-4-ASK-ODH are great resources for those who have questions.