Cuyahoga, Summit counties among highest COVID-19 rates in the state
Gov. Mike DeWine
Ohio s northern counties, including Cuyahoga and Summit, are seeing increases in COVID-19 cases as Michigan and Canada are dealing with significant surges of a more contagious coronavirus variant, Gov. Mike DeWine said during a coronavirus update. About one-fourth of Ohioans live in these 11 counties, and most counties are in the northern part of the state where we are seeing a high level of variant, DeWine said Thursday, April 15.
Speaking at the University of Toledo mass vaccination site, the governor said that over the past two weeks, the state reported 200 cases per 100,000 Ohioans. Only four weeks ago, that statistic was 144 cases per 100,000. Summit County has the third-highest rate out of Ohio s 88 counties with 300.9 cases per 100,000 residents, and Cuyahoga County is just behind that with 280.9 cases per 100,000 residents.
Chastity Laskey, USA TODAY NETWORK
Some 23% of people living in Livingston County are fully vaccinated as of April 13, according to data from the New York Department of Health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they ve been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or a second shot (either Pfizer or Moderna).
New York reported 1,967,248 total cases of coronavirus, an increase of 3% from the week before.
The five counties with the highest percentage of their population fully vaccinated in New York as of April 13 are Hamilton County (46%), Clinton County (35%), Essex County (35%), Warren County (35%) and Albany County (32%).
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The University of Akron will pause its on-campus coronavirus vaccination clinics which had administered the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following advisories from the FDA and Ohio Department of Health regarding blood-clotting concerns with the one-dose shot.