COVID-19 cases

High winds and heavy rains led to scattered outages across Northeast Ohio leaving thousands without power; Mayors Justin Bibb and Dan Horrigan demand state and federal gun reforms on the same day Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill loosening training requirements for armed teachers; and more stories.

Cleveland City Council will replace the barriers with removable bollards and repair the streetscape. Public health officials in two Northeast Ohio counties are seeing a case rise again. A tornado hit Lorain County during a storm Monday afternoon. Read on for more.

But while most numbers are trending upward, the number of deaths is going down.

No one has died of COVID-19 in Cuyahoga County in the past three weeks. That is just one piece of good news that county health department officials presented during a press conference Wednesday.

Health officials are concerned that even more patients with the virus will overwhelm the health care system in the coming weeks.

Ohio recorded 12,500 cases Tuesday, highest single-day tally of the pandemic; the first day of the free COVID mass testing site in Cleveland did not go as planned; many local entertainment venues have canceled performances this week; and more stories.

Northeast Ohio has so far avoided the worst as the latest surge in new coronavirus cases slowly wanes; groups suing over Ohio’s new state House and Senate district maps will be allowed to question Gov. Mike DeWine and other members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission; a new report says Cleveland’s $511 million in federal relief funding could be transformational for the city; and more stories.

Cuyahoga County Council member Shontel Brown won the 11th District Congressional Democratic primary to fill the seat vacated by Marcia Fudge; most of Northeast Ohio is now orange or 'substantial' on the CDC’s map of coronavirus transmission rates; Mike Carey, a Donald Trump-backed coal lobbyist, topped Republicans in central Ohio’s 15th District Congressional election; and more stories.

As the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads across the United States, concerns are rising among state health officials, particularly for unvaccinated Ohioans.

For the first time since June, total COVID-19 cases in Ohio have climbed above 50 per 100,000 residents; Ohio’s Dave Yost is among 24 attorneys general urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade; the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant near Toledo is undergoing a special inspection following a series of diesel generator failures and an automatic reactor shutdown; and more stories.