Ohio reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Saturday, adding 50,239 new cases. That's down 17.6% from the previous week's toll of 60,968 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19, though the holiday week may have affected the number of people getting tested and how quickly test results were available.
Ohio ranked No. 16 among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week the United States added 1,327,043 reported cases of coronavirus, a decrease of 12.3% from the week before. Across the country, 6 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Testing has changed around the holidays, making comparisons difficult. Labs and testing sites closed. People traveled or prepared for the holidays instead of getting tested. Some counties and states didn't report data as quickly.
