COVID-19 hospitalizations

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.

COVID-19 hospitalizations have fallen by 20% in the past week in Northeast Ohio; Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb is sticking with his controversial decision to limit the number of businesses that can serve alcohol until 4 a.m. during the NBA All-Star Weekend; a top Ohio lawmaker suggests the state may have to hold two separate primaries; and more stories.

Ohio reported around 5,200 cases Sunday; Guard members have left Akron General, Aultman hospitals; Sherwin-Williams breaks ground on new Cleveland headquarters; and more stories.

Stark County’s COVID testing site will close Friday at noon; state officials have confirmed plans for a multi-billion-dollar computer chip manufacturing facility to be built in central Ohio; state health officials say that while COVID-19 case and hospitalizations are dropping in Cuyahoga County, the state continues to see high numbers of the omicron variant; and more stories.

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected newly drawn district maps that retained Republican supermajorities in both state legislative chambers; The Cleveland Clinic is among hospital systems set to get federal help; Columbus teachers demand 2-week switch to remote learning; and more stories.

Cuyahoga County leads the state with the most COVID-19 cases per capita; COVID rates in nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Ohio are on the rise; Democrats running for Ohio governor have picked their running mates; and more stories.

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb in Ohio; a lawsuit argues that Ohio's school voucher system is unconstitutional because it's creating a separate system of funding private schools with public dollars; Ohio Sen. Rob Portman has tested positive for COVID-19; and more stories.

There are more than 6,150 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ohio; Gov. Mike DeWine has mobilized additional Ohio National Guard members to staff more drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites; a group seeking to legalize possessing and growing marijuana in Ohio has failed to gather enough signatures to put the issue in front of state lawmakers; and more stories.

COVID cases, hospitalizations continue to surge; some local schools are making adjustments after winter break; a woman has been charged in the slaying of an off-duty Cleveland police officer during a carjacking; and more stories.