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.

Ohio Department of Health says changes in Omicron's dynamics are behind the decision.

The Ohio Department of Health blames an electronic lab processing error for an undercount Tuesday.

But there are signs that better days might be ahead.

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.

The good news is there are no confirmed cases of Omicron in Ohio yet ,but the bad news is the Delta strain is hammering the Buckeye State.