Topping county growth was Athens County, home of Ohio University, with a 144% jump in vaccinations, followed closely by Harrison, Morgan and Seneca counties.
DeWine said 2,758,470 Ohioans had registered by phone or a website for the drawing by midnight Sunday. Participants registrations make them eligible for the next four drawings.
The winners will be announced Wednesday night at the end of the Ohio Lottery s Cash Explosion TV show, and then each Wednesday for the next four weeks. The agency conducted the first drawing Monday afternoon at the Ohio Lottery s draw studio in Cleveland using a random number generator to pick the winners ahead of time. The state must verify eligibility before confirming winners.
Analysis: Vaccinations jumped 33% after Vax-a-Million news
COLUMBUS, Oh The number of people in Ohio age 16 and older who received their initial COVID-19 vaccine jumped 33% in the week after the state announced its million-dollar incentive lottery, though an analysis shows vaccination rates lag well behind what they were in March and most of April.
In the week after the May 12 announcement about the lottery, 119,394 people age 16 and older received either the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or their first part of the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna vaccination, according to Ohio Department of Health data.
That’s an increase of nearly 30,000 from the 89,464 people in the same age group who received a first shot during the seven-day period from May 6 to May 12, according to an analysis of state data by The Associated Press.