diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.coronastats/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/coronastats/internal/dto/CoronaStatsCases.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.coronastats/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/coronastats/internal/dto/CoronaStatsCases.java
index 2a5fd8a12e4f6..33ecbf70d13ad 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.coronastats/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/coronastats/internal/dto/CoronaStatsCases.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.coronastats/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/coronastats/internal/dto/CoronaStatsCases.java
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.measure.quantity.Dimensionless;
+
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
-import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.DecimalType;
+import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.QuantityType;
 import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types.State;
 import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types.UnDefType;
 
+import tec.uom.se.AbstractUnit;
+
 /**
  * The {@link CoronaStatsCountry} class holds the internal data representation of each Country
  *
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ protected State parseToState(int count) {
         if (count == -1) {
             return UnDefType.NULL;
         } else {
-            return new DecimalType(count);
+            return new QuantityType<Dimensionless>(count, AbstractUnit.ONE);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.coronastats/src/main/resources/ESH-INF/thing/channel-type.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.coronastats/src/main/resources/ESH-INF/thing/channel-type.xml
index cad00e91c2b66..5de439d666be6 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.coronastats/src/main/resources/ESH-INF/thing/channel-type.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.coronastats/src/main/resources/ESH-INF/thing/channel-type.xml
@@ -5,49 +5,49 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="https://openhab.org/schemas/thing-description/v1.0.0 https://openhab.org/schemas/thing-description-1.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<channel-type id="cases">
-		<item-type>Number</item-type>
+		<item-type>Number:Dimensionless</item-type>
 		<label>Total Cases</label>
 		<state readOnly="true"/>
 	</channel-type>
 
 	<channel-type id="today_cases">
-		<item-type>Number</item-type>
+		<item-type>Number:Dimensionless</item-type>
 		<label>New Cases</label>
 		<state readOnly="true"/>
 	</channel-type>
 
 	<channel-type id="deaths">
-		<item-type>Number</item-type>
+		<item-type>Number:Dimensionless</item-type>
 		<label>Total Deaths</label>
 		<state readOnly="true"/>
 	</channel-type>
 
 	<channel-type id="today_deaths">
-		<item-type>Number</item-type>
+		<item-type>Number:Dimensionless</item-type>
 		<label>New Deaths</label>
 		<state readOnly="true"/>
 	</channel-type>
 
 	<channel-type id="recovered">
-		<item-type>Number</item-type>
+		<item-type>Number:Dimensionless</item-type>
 		<label>Recovered</label>
 		<state readOnly="true"/>
 	</channel-type>
 
 	<channel-type id="active">
-		<item-type>Number</item-type>
+		<item-type>Number:Dimensionless</item-type>
 		<label>Active</label>
 		<state readOnly="true"/>
 	</channel-type>
 
 	<channel-type id="critical">
-		<item-type>Number</item-type>
+		<item-type>Number:Dimensionless</item-type>
 		<label>Critical</label>
 		<state readOnly="true"/>
 	</channel-type>
 
 	<channel-type id="tests">
-		<item-type>Number</item-type>
+		<item-type>Number:Dimensionless</item-type>
 		<label>Tests</label>
 		<state readOnly="true"/>
 	</channel-type>