CLEVELAND, Ohio – Five new coronavirus-related deaths, plus 19 new cases, have been confirmed by the city of Cleveland, Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration announced Sunday.
The total number of cases among Cleveland residents has now reached 1,726, with 62 deaths, the mayor’s office said in a news release.
About 20% of those cases required hospitalization, according to the Cleveland Department of Public Health.
The gender breakdown, among cases where it was confirmed, is split 52% women and 46% men. Sixty percent of those infected are African American. About 16% are white. Asian residents comprise about 1% of the cases.
The new cases include males and females, whose ages range from their 20s to their 90s, the release says. The five fatalities are four males and one female, and the ages range from their 50s to their 80s.
The Cleveland Department of Public Health will work to identify any people who were in close contact with the newly confirmed patients to determine who now would require testing or monitoring for symptoms of COVID-19.
The 62 people who have died ranged in age from less than one year old to more than 100 years old. Nearly all were elderly.
Coronavirus cases in Ohio rose to at least 38,476 with 2,377 deaths, according to statistics released Sunday by the Ohio Department of Health.
This includes 2,745 probable infections and 222 probable deaths.
According to Johns Hopkins researchers, the U.S. has about 1.9 million confirmed coronavirus cases and about 110,000 deaths.
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