COVID-19 hospitalizations

200,000 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine will expire later this month; Cleveland police say 35 people were injured in shootings from Friday to Monday, including two mass shootings that killed three people; the $2.8 billion merger between Goodyear Tire and Rubber and Findlay-based Cooper Tire has been completed; and more stories.

Ohio reported just over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, nearly half the 21-day average; authorities say a drive-by shooting at a Columbus memorial vigil killed a passing driver and wounded five people in the crowd, including a 12-year-old child; a western Cleveland suburb has removed the basketball hoops from a city park that police say are part of an investigation into a recent shooting; and more stories.

Ohio is seeing an increase in the rate of new COVID-19 cases due to the spread of a variant. But health officials say there's encouraging data when it comes to the effectiveness of the vaccine.

The state reported more than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases Sunday; Ohio could soon join the Republican-led states that have enacted tougher voting restrictions; after last year’s concert series was cancelled due to the pandemic, the Cleveland Orchestra announced it will return to Blossom this summer for a 10-week season featuring 11 concerts; and more stories.

New coronavirus cases in Ohio jumped Tuesday to more than 2,500, the second spike in the past five days; Ohio Supreme Court decision moves Ohio closer to getting rid of cash bail; an Akron firefighter who used a fire hose to spray an activist has been put on administrative leave; and more stories.

COVID cases numbers dropped back to average after spiking on Friday; Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree has fired the department’s first diversity and inclusion director after just one month on the job; the Akron Fire department has apologized after a firefighter turned a hose on a bystander; and more stories.

The conclusion comes after an audit on the state's coronavirus website.

The statewide curfew has been moved back one hour, to 11 p.m.; University Hospitals officials say new forms of COVID-19 that spread much faster are already circulating in Northeast Ohio; after hinting that he might run for U.S. Senate in 2022, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted says he’s going to keep his current job; and more stories.

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed into law a gun rights bill eliminating an individual's duty to retreat before using force; the newly elected Ohio Senate president was sworn into office from his home after contracting COVID-19 over the holidays; Ohio on Monday added around 5,900 new COVID-19 cases, fewer than average; and more stories.

Ohio's next vaccine shipments are behind schedule; the fate of tainted legislation looming over the Ohio Statehouse since July will carry over to next year; the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Ohio continue to climb; and more stories.