COLUMBUS — An analysis shows that the number of Ohioans age 16 and older getting their initial coronavirus vaccinations jumped 33% week over week after the state announced its Vax-a-Million incentive lottery.
That’s an increase of nearly 30,000 people.
State health department data shows more than 119,000 people age 16 and older received a shot from May 13 to May 19, up from roughly 89,000 during the previous seven-day period from May 6 to May 12.
The analysis did not include doses received by children ages 12 to 15, who first became
eligible for vaccinations the day the lottery was announced.
The first drawing is scheduled for Wednesday at 7:29 p.m. and winners will be selected every Wednesday until June 23.
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The entry list will be reviewed and all duplicate entries will be removed, along with previous winners, prior to each week’s drawing, Ohio Department of Health officials explained.
The state reported Friday that 5.1 million Ohioans had received at least one dose of a vaccine, amounting to 43.84% of the state’s population, and that 4.5 million had been fully vaccinated.
There were 1,004 new cases of COVID-19 in the state, bringing the total number of Ohioans infected to 1,095,746 with 19,709 deaths attributed to the virus.
The number of active cases had fallen to 23,128 on Friday with 781 patients being treated in hospitals. There were 105 new admissions, bringing the total number of hospitalizations to 58,501.
The seven-day positivity rate was 3.4% and the incidence of COVID cases over the two weeks ending May 19 was 97.1 per 100,000 residents, according to the state Department of Health.