COLUMBUS, Ohio - Every indicator for coronavirus data across the state of Ohio was dramatically above average in numbers released by the Ohio Department of Health on Wednesday. 

The number of new cases reported is 10,835, but once again with a disclaimer from the state that the data is incomplete due to some delayed results being added in and other results not included because they are awaiting final confirmation. Case numbers have carried that disclaimer since last week, but the ODH has still not provided any updates on when the issue will be corrected. 

Regardless of the case numbers, however, other indicators also took sharp turns upward. 

There were 156 deaths reported, which is well above the 21-day average of 40 per day. 

Hospitalizations, which have been increasing at an alarming rate since the beginning of the month, increased by 417. The average per day is 271. 

Of those, 44 are admissions to Intensive Care Units, which increase by an average of 28 per day usually. 

Physicians and healthcare workers from around the state have been sounding the alarm bells for weeks now that if the rate of hospitalizations don't slow down, there will not be enough capacity or staff to care for everyone and even non-Covid patients may not get the care they need. As of Wednesday, hospital capacity around the state remains under 80 percent, but that is due to fluctuations in the number of non-Covid patients. Covid admissions have steadily increased every day and are now at 4,541. 

Three weeks ago that number was at 3,031. In July there were fewer than 1,000. 

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has so far resisted any large-scale business shutdowns like the one imposed last March, despite the numbers being considerably worse than they were at that time. 

DeWine has instead implored Ohioans not to gather in groups over the holidays and to remain at home for anything but essential travel, citing widespread mental and economic damage from far-reaching shutdowns.