COVID-19 Update: New Cases Surveillance Data
April 10, 2020
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—As Ohio reports data moving forward, there will be new data categories for total COVID-19 cases and total COVID-19 fatalities:
- Confirmed Cases and Confirmed Deaths: Data calculated through laboratory tests. This data is consistent with Ohio’s previous data reporting.
- CDC Expanded Case Definition and CDC Expanded Death Definition:Data that follows updated CDC criteria and includes those who have tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, those who’ve been diagnosed with COVID-19 without a laboratory test, and those who death certificates list COVID-19 as the cause of death without a laboratory test.
- Ohio will also report the combined total numbers of cases and the combined total number of deaths.
“This new guidance enables us to better track who has the virus currently and those who have had virus, are recovered, and are no longer a threat in passing it along to others,” said Governor DeWine. “Using this guidance will be instrumental in helping us trace the spread of the disease and eventually isolate it to smaller pockets or areas, so we can open things back up again. At the same time, it will allow us to target limited resources for a better public heath response.”
All of Ohio’s COVID-19 data can be found at coronavirus.ohio.gov.
Video of today’s full update, including versions with foreign language closed captioning, can be viewed on the Ohio Channel’s YouTube page.
For more information on Ohio’s response to COVID-19, visit coronavirus.ohio.gov or call 1-833-4-ASK-ODH