Ohio National Guard

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.

Members of the U.S. Air Force medical team including nurses, doctors and respiratory specialists will help shore up the health system that has been battered by the recent surge in COIVD-19 cases fueled by the omicron variant.

Twenty medical staff members of the U.S. Air Force will be deployed to Cleveland Clinic's main campus.

Nursing home operators are experiencing some of the same issues hospitals are now facing.

Guard members deployed to hospitals overwhelmed by COVID can't go to those health care facilities unless they get shots against the virus.

Kent State University epidemiologist Tara Smith talks all things omicron: hospitalizations, transmissibility, vaccines, symptoms and more.

Gov. Mike DeWine has deployed more than a thousand Guard personnel to health care facilities.

This announcement comes on the day that marks the highest daily case count in Ohio during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ohio reported more than 20,000 COVID-19 cases on Saturday and Sunday combined; Mass drive-thru testing will expand to Akron this week; a COVID-19 surge at the Cuyahoga County Jail is prompting Gov. Mike DeWine to call for backup; and more stories.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is sending military reserve support staff to the Cuyahoga County Jail after a wave of medical absences left local officials short handed.