COVID-19 In Ohio: 1 In 4 Ohioans Now Vaccinated

COLUMBUS, OH — One in four Ohioans has now received at least part of a COVID-19 vaccine, the state health department announced Wednesday.

With a mass vaccination clinic in Cleveland and roving vaccination clinics throughout the state, along with numerous private distribution partners, nearly 3 million Ohioans have received at least the first part of the two part COVID-19 vaccine. The first COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Ohio in December 2020.

More than 14 percent of Ohioans have been fully vaccinated against the virus, the Ohio Department of Health reported. Since December 2020, nearly 1.7 million Ohioans have completed the vaccination process.

Ohio will expand vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older starting Monday. Gov. Mike DeWine said the state is in a race against COVID-19 variants and he wants to protect Ohioans from these more dangerous iterations of the virus as quickly as possible.

To facilitate vaccine distribution, Ohio has launched its first statewide vaccine registration tool, which can be accessed online.

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Here are all of Wednesday's COVID-19 numbers:

• New cases: 1,848.
• New hospitalizations: 123.
• New ICU admissions: 13.
• Total deaths: 18,382

Here's a list of upcoming mass vaccination clinics set to open in Ohio:

• Akron long-term care clinic
  • Chapel Hill Mall, 2000 Brittain Road, Akron
• Athens and Southeast Ohio mobile clinic
  • Will travel throughout the region
• Chillicothe long-term care clinic
  • Adena PACCAR Medical Education Center, 446 Hospital Road, Chillicothe
• Cincinnati long-term care clinic
  • Cintas Center at Xavier University, 1624 Herald Ave., Cincinnati,
• Columbus long-term clinic
  • Celeste Center at the Ohio Expo Center & State Fair, 717 E. 17th Ave., Columbus
• Dayton long-term clinic
  • Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. Fifth St., Dayton
• Lima long-term clinic
  • Knights of Columbus, 810 S. Cable Road, Lima
• Mansfield and north central Ohio mobile clinic
  • Will travel throughout the region
• Marietta long-term care clinic
  • Marietta Memorial Hospital, 401 Matthew St., Marietta
• Maumee long-term clinic
  • Lucas County Recreation Center, 2901 Key St., Maumee
• Steubenville and east-central Ohio mobile conic
  • Will travel throughout the region
• Wilmington long-term care clinic
  • Wilmington Air Park, 1113 Airport Road, Wilmington
• Youngstown long-term clinic
  • Location not yet determined
• Zanesville long-term clinic
  • Colony Square Mall (site of former Elder-Beerman department store) 3575 Maple Ave., Zanesville