Summit County Health Department

COVID-19 cases are ticking up in Northeast Ohio again. Summit County is now at the medium level of COVID spread, according to the CDC, after several months at the 'low' level.

The health department clarifies who is eligible, which type of shot people should get, and when they should get them.

The rate of new coronavirus cases in Ohio is accelerating; former Akron City Councilman and mayoral candidate Joe Finley has died; Summit County Public Health will offer $100 gift cards this week to people getting their first COVID-19 shot; and more stories.

Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to trend upward in Ohio; Wadsworth schools is implementing a temporary mask mandate after 74 students tested positive for COVID-19; a new management team will take over operations at Cleveland's I-X Center; and more stories.

COVID cases among children are increasing in Ohio; several Northeast Ohio school districts are closing or sending kids home early today due to extreme heat; House Republicans resume debate today on a bill that would prohibit public and private employers from requiring vaccinations or punishing workers who don't receive them; and more stories.

State employees get Friday off in observance of the new federal Juneteenth holiday; the College of Wooster says it will require all students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the fall semester; more COVID restrictions and orders end Friday in Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine says the state of emergency, which streamlined the purchasing process for things like PPE, will be lifted, along with more state restrictions on nursing homes and assisted living centers. DeWine says just under 47% of Ohioans are vaccinated. He says that number doesn't include those who were vaccinated in other states, or through the VA.

County officials say the vaccination effort will continue despite the switch in shots.

Several community organizations stepped up to offer help to older adults trying to navigate signing up for a COVID-19 vaccine.

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