Governor DeWine Press Conference Summary for Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Ohio's COVID-19 cases 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. updated Ohioans yesterday about the state of the COVID-19 virus in Ohio.

Yesterday, 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.