220 new COVID-19 cases reported Monday

Jan. 17—SCIOTO — The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported 220 new cases on Monday for Scioto County bringing the total to 16,553 since the start of the outbreak.

There were 43 more recoveries reported by ODH Monday for the county bringing the number of recoveries to 13,508 over the course of the pandemic.

ODH reported no additional hospitalizations for Scioto County Monday so the total stays at 1,039 people that have been hospitalized, during the outbreak, in connection with the virus or found to have the virus during their admission for other medical reasons. This number does not represent the number of people currently in the hospital in connection with COVID-19.

The level of community transmission for Scioto County continues to be high.

The number of original vaccines completed in Scioto County is 34,226 or 45.44% of the total population of the county (75,315). The number of additional doses (booster shots) received is 12,777.

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