Cleveland COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) UPDATE FOR April 16, 2020


The City of Cleveland had the highest ever number of new cases—25—in the past 24 hours, though it is not the highest daily increase. The 25 new cases represents a 7.1% increase from yesterday.

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For cases per capita, there is similar growth across the geographies we are following, though some recent growth in the City and in Portage and Geauga Counties. Suburban Cuyahoga County consistently has the highest rates of confirmed cases per capita across the region though the City, Portage County, and Geauga County are catching up. Lake County is showing signs of flattening.

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Portage County has experienced 24 fatalities as of today, compared to 42 in Cuyahoga. But its fatality rate by population is significantly higher compared to the other Cleveland counties. The Portage County per capita fatality rate is 4.3 times higher than Cuyahoga’s. And though higher age is directly correlated with fatality rates, we note that Portage County has the youngest median age of all seven counties.

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CUYAHOGA Cases by zip code

  • The Cuyahoga County Board of Health released the volume of cases by ZIP code for data as of April 9. The map is below. For reference we also show the previous map, with data from April 2, below for handy comparisons. Compared to last week’s map the contiguous East Side area with hardest hit zip codes has spread into 44105, 44106, 44137, and 44146. Another difference between the two maps: the lowest category on the April 2 map was “0-9 cases” which means at least one—and maybe more—zip code had zero cases; the lowest category on the April 9 map is “2-10” cases meaning that each zip code in Cuyahoga County has at least two cases.

Source: Cuyahoga County Board of Health

Source: Cuyahoga County Board of Health

Zip code map using April 2 data:

Source: Cuyahoga County Board of Health

Source: Cuyahoga County Board of Health

The map with April 9 data were part of the County’s April 10 Press Briefing—see Page 9. The map with April 2 data were part of the County’s April 3 Press Briefing. The County’s earlier, March 27 Press briefing with cases by zip code as of 6 a.m. on March 26 can be seen here.

A quiet street

East 4 St., Downtown: The normally bustling street as it appeared Friday, April 4, 2020, on a sunny afternoon at 4:23pm. Photo: Mark Zannoni for The Center for Cleveland.

East 4 St., Downtown: The normally bustling street as it appeared Friday, April 4, 2020, on a sunny afternoon at 4:23pm. Photo: Mark Zannoni for The Center for Cleveland.

Medina County Cases by zip code

The Medina County Health Department also released the numbered of confirmed cases by ZIP code. For 74 cases as of 4/3/20, here is their map:

Source: Medina County Health Department

Source: Medina County Health Department

Paper checks to 70 million americans will be delayed so trump can have his name on the checks

“The Treasury Department has ordered President Trump’s name printed on stimulus checks the Internal Revenue Service is rushing to send to tens of millions of Americans, a process that could slow their delivery by a few days, senior IRS officials said. The unprecedented decision [was] finalized late Monday [4/13]…It will be the first time a president’s name appears on an IRS disbursement, whether a routine refund or one of the handful of checks the government has issued to taxpayers in recent decades either to stimulate a down economy or share the dividends of a strong one….

….Trump had privately suggested to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who oversees the IRS, that he allow the president to formally sign the checks, according to three administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

But the president is not an authorized signer for legal disbursements by the U.S. Treasury. It is standard practice for a civil servant to sign checks issued by the Treasury Department to ensure that government payments are nonpartisan…..” Full article here.

WHERE IS MY STIMULUS CHeck?

The IRS has created a website where you can check the status of your COVID-19 Economic Impact payment if you are expecting one.

Dangerous and unwitting spreaders

  • The New York Times: “As many as 25 percent of people infected with the new coronavirus may not show symptoms, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns — a startlingly high number that complicates efforts to predict the pandemic’s course and strategies to mitigate its spread.”

  • The CDC is now advising that everyone wear a “face covering”.

When is the peak in ohio?

  • In an interview with MSNBC on 4/3, Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic said that Cleveland Clinic modeling indicates that if the state is able to flatten the curve, the peak of new cases in Ohio will occur sometime between mid-May and mid-June…”this is the best case scenario.” This is notably later than the State of Ohio’s prediction that the peak of new cases would occur sometime between the end of April and mid-May. The state’s projection in fine print states it is “current as of 3/28” yet it is the projection that was released in yesterday’s (4/3) press briefing. Also of interest in the interview, Dr. Mihaljevic said the Cleveland Clinic began its preparations for COVID-19 in early January. Currently they are conducting about 1,300 tests per day.

13—NOT 6—Feet

  • “The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published a study in Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID), its open-access, peer-reviewed journal, showing SARS-CoV-2 can spread further than previous estimates…..New research out of China claims to show droplets infected with SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), the virus that causes COVID-19, and sprayed into the air by persons coughing and talking might travel as far away as four meters or 13 feet. It also claims shoes of health workers in Wuhan, China tending COVID-19 patients were infected by SARS-CoV-2.” (International Business Times, 4/13/20) More info here.

Ohio Recognized as making the right decisions

In an article in the Washington Post today (4/14): “On Feb. 26, two days before President Trump called the coronavirus outbreak the Democratic Party’s “new hoax,” the Cleveland Clinic alerted the public that it was prepared to quickly open 1,000 additional hospital beds should the need arise.

On March 4, the day Trump boasted that “we have a very small number” of infected people in the United States, Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, shut down a weekend fitness expo expected to draw 60,000 people a day to a Columbus convention center. There were no identified coronavirus cases in the state at the time.

Now, Ohio may be realizing the benefits of early intervention in the pandemic by its government and medical community. With about 5,100 covid-19 cases, it has fewer than a third the number of people with the novel coronavirus than in three comparably sized states — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Illinois. And Ohio has just a small fraction of the deaths reported in those states…..” Read the full article here.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Based on official data, worldwide fatalities have passed 133,000. (We say, “official” as it is widely believed that the real number of fatalities in China is far higher than the reported 3,346 cases and 3,222 in Hubei Province [where Wuhan is located], for which some studies have put at around 45,000 fatalities in Wuhan alone.)

  • US cases now exceed 600,000 cases, and over 2 million worldwide.

  • Ohio’s “Stay-at-Home Order” has been extended to 11:59pm on May 1. The amended order can be seen here.

  • Cleveland Public Library, in its Tech Central lab, will use their their 3D printers to create 2,000 face shields for emergency personnel in the city—police, fire, EMS, and emergency responders at Hopkins and Burke Airports.

  • Gov. DeWine announced that he has deployed the National Guard to Cleveland (and to Columbus and Cincinnati) to assist in the expected surge in COVID-19 cases.

  • CWRU’s new medical school, co-located with Cleveland Clinic’s medical school, at E. 93 and Euclid on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic, will be transformed into a field/surge hospital for the expecting surge in cases requiring hospitalization. CWRU: “When complete, the modified space will allow full monitoring of up to 1,000 patients as well as administration of needed oxygen and IV medications. Originally intended for more general patient overflow, the HEC now will serve low-acuity patients with COVID-19—that is, those whose condition is not so serious that they need to be on a ventilator or receive significant amounts of oxygen.”

  • Mayor Frank G. Jackson Extends Proclamation of Civil Emergency to April 30.

  • Health-care workers comprise 33% of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Cuyahoga County as of Friday (4/3) per the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. See Page 7 of this document.

  • The Ohio Senate passed emergency legislation covering numerous topics impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill extends the voting by mail postmark deadline to April 27 for the Ohio Primary Election. It waves the one-week waiting period to receive unemployment benefits, extends the state income tax filing date to July 15 (same as the IRS), and allows transfer of $2.7 billion from Ohio's Budget Stabilization Fund (rainy day fund).

  • The Cleveland Marathon, set for May 17th, has been cancelled.

  • Downton Cleveland Hotel Closures: Temporary closures due to COVID-19: Westin Cleveland Downtown and the Kimpton Schofield Hotel.

THE REAL NUMBER OF CASES IN THE US

The REAL number of cases in the US:  According to Marc Lipsitch, a professor of epidemiology and the director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard on 3/23, the real number of cases in the US could be 10 times higher than the “confirmed” number.  He states, “We must vastly expand our testing capacity. No country has controlled transmission effectively without massive testing capacity. The United States currently has a sliver of the capacity we need, which is a tiny fraction of that available in other countries. South Korea has performed over 320,000 tests — almost one for every 150 people. That is 30 times the testing per capita that we have done in the United States. Exceptional teams are racing to solve testing bottlenecks at local and state levels — Massachusetts is just one example — filling the vacuum left by the complete absence of federal leadership.” 

BE WARY OF SCAMS AND PHISHING ATTEMPTS

A broad range of scams are evolving including shady emails/websites designed to collect bank account numbers or to sell phony products such as cures, vaccines, or “home test kits.” Some are written to look like they appear from government agencies like Health and Human Services, the CDC, World Health Organizations, or others. They could be pretend to be from the State of Ohio, the County, the City, the Red Cross, or any organization. Also, there are reports of people going door-to-door posing as officials from various organizations. Some websites claiming to be official require the user to enter personal information (name, SSN, date of birth) to ‘verify’ that it’s you or to register to collect government funds, which facilitate identity theft. Phone calls by individuals posing to be from charitable organizations are trying to solicit funds and credit card numbers. Like the COVID-19 itself, the scams are evolving. Here are websites that provide some guidance: here, here and here. More information and some recordings of scam phone calls, such as fake tests for Medicare recipients, a mortgage scam, Social Security Administration scam, free test kit scam, and others can be found here.

LOSS OF SMELL OR TASTE MAY BE A SYMPTOM OR EARLIER INDICATOR

The loss of smell and a diminished sense of taste absent any other causes such as allergies or sinusitis, may indicate COVID-19, meaning persons should immediately self-isolate. From the New York Times:

“Anosmia, the loss of sense of smell, and ageusia, an accompanying diminished sense of taste, have emerged as peculiar telltale signs of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and possible markers of infection….“We really want to raise awareness that this is a sign of infection and that anyone who develops loss of sense of smell should self-isolate,” Prof. Claire Hopkins, president of the British Rhinological Society, wrote in an email. “It could contribute to slowing transmission and save lives.”

….The American Academy of Otolaryngology on Sunday posted information on its website saying that mounting anecdotal evidence indicates that lost or reduced sense of smell and loss of taste are significant symptoms associated with Covid-19, and that they have been seen in patients who ultimately tested positive with no other symptoms…”

DRIVE-THRU CORONAVIRUS TESTING

Drive through testing is offered by the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, and Metro. Testing will not be for anyone simply upon request, as capacity is still limited. Advanced approval/consultation is required. Testing locations:

  • University Circle:  Cleveland Clinic testing center:  the W.O. Walker Building parking garage, at 10524 Euclid Ave, at E. 105 St. and Euclid Ave. Testing is available from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m seven days a week. Patients should enter the garage from E. 105th St, traveling northbound from Carnegie towards Euclid. A Cleveland Clinic provider’s order is required for testing. The Clinic is prioritizing testing for certain groups, defined as being symptomatic AND of various criteria including age 61 and older, age under 36 months, on immunosuppressive therapy, and several other criteria. For more details, on testing by the Cleveland Clinic, click here.

  • Mayfield Hts: University Hospitals (UH) testing center:  UH Landerbrook Health Center, 5850 Landerbrook Drive, Mayfield Heights. Enter off Cedar Road onto Landerbrook Drive between Cedar and Brainard Roads. To receive a COVID-19 test here, you must have a UH physician’s order. UH: “Patients of any age will be tested regardless of ability to pay, and no copays will be charged. To alleviate delays, patients will be assigned a 30-minute time slot to arrive for testing.” UH’s website as of 3/27 no longer identifies the times/dates that drive-thru testing is available as it has in previous days. More info on UH testing.

  • MetroHealth:  Results in two hours, but testing supplies and capacity are limited. For more information, call the MetroHealth hotline at 440-592-6843. More info.

“STAY AT HOME” ORDER ISSUED BY THE OHIO DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH

  • Effective 11:59pm Monday, March 23 until at least 11:59 p.m., May 1. This is MANDATORY, and not “guidance.” The full, original (to April 6) 12-page, signed order can be seen/downloaded here. The Amended order (to May 1) can be seen here.

  • Persons may leave home for essential activities including taking care of family members and shopping for food and supplies.

  • Restaurants offering carry-out services will remain open; non-essential businesses are to remain closed. The following are considered essential:

    • Grocery stores

    • Gas stations

    • Pharmacies

    • Banks

    • Hardware stores

    • Police stations

    • Fire stations

    • Hospitals, clinics and healthcare operations

    • Garbage/sanitation

    • Public transportation

    • Public benefits (i.e. SNAP, Medicaid) hotlines

  • Residents are allowed to go outside, but should maintain social distancing.

  • Playgrounds are off-limits.

  • You may leave to pick up meals at your child’s school if such is offered.

  • Roads will not be closed, but you should only travel if it is essential to your work or health.

Click here for additional information and an FAQ about this mandatory order or see the full order here.

PUBLIC SUPPORT LINES FOR QUESTIONS/CONCERNS

  • MetroHealth: Dedicated MetroHealth support line for questions/concerns: 440-592-6843 (440-59-COVID)

  • Ohio Department of Health hotline: 833-427-5634 (833.4.ASK.ODH) taking calls from 9 a.m to 8 p.m daily.

  • Cuyahoga County Board of Public Health Clinic:  216-201-2041

  • City of Cleveland, Department of Public Health:  See numbers here.

  • US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: 800-232-4636 (800-CDC-INFO) or website.

METROHEALTH LOCATION CLOSURES

MetroHealth System announced the following location closures (More info):

  • Health Care Centers: Brunswick, Gordon Square (LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland), Medina, Rocky River, and State Road (North Royalton)

  • Discount Drug Mart Sites: Independence, North Royalton, Olmsted Falls, and Parma Heights

MetroHealth is also delivering prescriptions as a complimentary service. For prescription questions, call 216-957-6337 (216-957-MEDS).

NEW UH AND CLEVELAND CLINIC HOSPITAL VISITOR POLICIES

Both University Hospitals and the Cleveland Clinic have new, restricted visitor policies.

  • University Hospitals (UH): “New Visitor Policy: To protect against the spread of COVID-19, all visitors will be screened before entering UH facilities. Visitors who show symptoms of the flu will not be allowed to enter, per CDC guidelines. No visitors will be allowed to see patients who have been confirmed to have COVID-19, are in a UH Seidman Cancer Center, or who are on any general medical floors.” More info here.

  • Cleveland Clinic: “Inpatient Locations: For all hospital locations in Ohio and Florida, we are restricting all visitors. Exceptions will be made for the following patients:

  • Pediatric patients (1 visitor).

  • Labor & Delivery patients (1 visitor).

  • End-of-life circumstances (patient’s care team will discuss with their family).

All other visitors will be asked to leave the hospital.” Details here.

AIRPORTS AND AIR SERVICE

Cleveland Hopkins International (CLE), Cleveland Burke Lakefront (BKL), and Akron-Canton (CAK) remain open. However, all airlines globally are reducing service levels—some drastically—check with your airline for specific flights. Known current reductions and other information:  

  • Cleveland Hopkins (CLE): 

    • The United Club on Concourse C is now closed.

    • Parking in the Smart Parking Garage, Orange, Red and Blue Lots is free.

    • The Brown Lot (Parking) at Hopkins has temporarily closed; vehicles currently in the lot can exit without charge. The Brown Lot shuttle service ceased today, March 21, at 10:00 a.m. For access to the lot after this time, passengers can use a CLE taxi near Baggage Claim 11 free of charge.

    • Effective Thursday, April 9th at 4am, all TSA screening at Hopkins will be at the Central Checkpoint (“B” Security). TSA Pre-Check will be available. (“C” Security/South Checkpoint will be closed.)

    • To support reductions throughout its network, United has parked approximately 70 aircraft at Cleveland Hopkins for the foreseeable future.

    • A TSA screener at Hopkins, at Checkpoint “A” Security (also called “North Checkpoint”) tested positive for COVID-19. Per the TSA, the screener’s last shift was from 4am to noon on Saturday, March 14. 

    • United Airlines is suspending LAX-CLE through mid-April.

    • American: CLE-LGA and DCA suspended for May.

    • Air Canada: CLE-YYZ suspended for April.

    • Delta - Suspended for April: CLE-Hartford (BDL), Raleigh/Durham (RDU), Salt Lake City (SLC).

    • Delta - Suspended for May: CLE-Hartford (BDL), Raleigh/Durham (RDU), Salt Lake City (SLC), Boston (BOS), New York LGA and New York JFK.

    • Southwest - April: After 15 April, CLE-Milwaukee (MKE) will operate on Sundays only.

    • Southwest - May: Suspended: CLE-Atlanta, Las Vegas, Milwaukee.

    • Jetblue: Suspension of CLE-Ft. Lauderdale for April; schedule reductions for May.

    • Frontier: CLE-Cancun (CUN), Punta Cana (PUJ), and all other routes except Orlando (MCO): suspended for April.

    • Frontier - May: Suspended: CLE-Austin, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham.

    • Frontier – June:  Suspended:  CLE-Austin, Charleston, Minneapolis, Seattle, San Francisco

    • Frontier – July:  Suspended:  CLE-Austin, Charleston, Minneapolis, Seattle, San Francisco

    • Spirit: All CLE service suspended for April eff April 8

    • Spirit: Suspensions for May: CLE-Cancun, Dallas (DFW), Boston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Tampa

  • Burke Lakefront (BKL): 

    • Ultimate Air: All BKL-Cincinnati (LUK) flights are suspended until further notice. 

  • Akron-Canton (CAK):  

    • UA: United is suspending EWR-CAK and IAH-CAK.

AMTRAK

Two routes serve Cleveland:

  • Lakeshore Limited: Chicago-Cleveland-New York/Boston: Operating normal service

  • Capitol Limited: Chicago-Cleveland-Pittsburgh-Washington, DC: Operating normal service

LOCAL TRAINS & BUSES

  • Cleveland RTA:

    • RTA states it will “clean every train every 24 hours. RTA will also continue to disinfect buses and paratransit vehicles every 24 hours.” 

    • Bus driver tests positive for COVID-19. Per RTA on 4/3: “The employee, an operator, last worked on Thursday, March 19. The following day, the employee presented flu-like symptoms, followed protocol by calling off sick and began a period of self-quarantine.  After testing positive for the virus, the employee was admitted to the hospital for treatment. Vehicles last assigned to this operator were disinfected by staff prior to the next day’s pullout pursuant to our enhanced cleaning protocols that were implemented on March 5.”

    • Effective March 24, RTA is suspending all Park-N-Ride and all Downtown Trolley Bus services until further notice.

    • Effective Sunday, April 12, RTA is reducing bus and rail service by approximately 15% in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Peak frequency on all rail lines will be 15 minutes on weekdays. Rail schedule is unchanged for Saturdays and Sundays. For details by bus route, click here.

  • Laketran: Effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020, Laketran is suspending fare collection for all services until Thursday, April 30, 2020. Effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020, Route 13 is suspended. Routes 10-12 will operate on a modified schedule. Effective April 1, 2020—Passengers other than those who require the ADA ramp or bus kneeling can enter from the bus’s front door (near the bus operator). All other passengers must enter through the rear door.

  • Akron Metro: All services are fare-free until further notice. Effective Monday, March 23: Route x60 Akron-Downtown Cleveland is suspended. Effective Monday, March 30: DASH Service is suspended. Robert K. Pfaff Transit Center lobby is closed until further notice. Effective Monday, April 6, METRO win run reduced service and its Contingency Schedule will go into effect—details here.

MOBILE PHone Alerts

Sign up for “CodeRED” alerts to receive calls and emails from the City, Cuyahoga County, and/or any Cuyahoga County suburb.

  • To sign up online, visit https://bit.ly/CLECodeRED

  • Get mobile alerts by downloading the CodeRED app via the Apple or Google Play stores

  • City of Cleveland seniors who need assistance signing up are welcome to call the Department of Aging at 216-664-4383 for periodic phone call messaging.

SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL MEALS

  • CMSD: All schools remain closed until at least May 1.  From CMSD: “The District will supply free lunch to go, along with breakfast for the next day, for pickup at 22 elementary schools located strategically across the city. The meals will be distributed Monday through Friday. The food is available to children 18 and younger, even if they are not CMSD students. CMSD will provide yellow bus shuttle service to and from the food pickup sites for those who need transportation. Also, RTA will honor students' bus passes while the schools are closed.” School meal pickup locations and shuttle services details can be found here.

  • Suburban and Non-CMSD Schools in the City: All schools are closed, per order of the State of Ohio, until at least May 1. However, meals may continue to be offered. For information and locations on school breakfasts/lunches during the schools shutdown, click here.

PARKS

At this time, all parks remain open, however Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is closed. Also, all Nature Centers within the Metroparks are closed. Also, all restrooms at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park are closed. Details here.

LIBRARIES

  • Cleveland Public Library: Main Library and all branches are closed including its meal program; however, digital and streaming services, including e-books, audiobooks, movies, and music, are still available.

  • Cuyahoga County Public Library: All branches and book drops are closed until further notice.

  • Lakewood Public: Main Library and Madison Branch are closed, however the drive-through window at Lakewood’s Main Library will remain open for materials pickup. Patrons can place holds online, call for materials pickup and call the Library with reference questions.

  • Rocky River Public Library:  Closed until further notice.

  • Westlake Public Library: Closed; “targeting April 30, 2020 to reopen.”

  • Euclid Public Library:  Closed until further notice.  

  • Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library: Closed until further notice.  

  • Akron-Summit County Public Library system: Closed “until further notice.”

Note: As with CPL, digital services of suburban libraries may still be available. 

ECONOMIC RELIEF BY THE CITY

Mayor Jackson’s legislation to authorize the City’s economic development director to defer payment on most loans issued by the City for six months was passed by City Council at its meeting on Monday, March 23. Details of the Mayor’s plan and information on programs at the state and federal level can be found here.

CITY SERVICES

From the City of Cleveland:

“Continuity of Operations

To help ensure the safety of employees during COVID-19, the City of Cleveland is moving to an essential workforce and will not allow public access to certain city buildings. All employees will be paid as normal.

City Hall will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for limited public services. Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, City Hall will be closed.

  • Areas closed to the public, with no available public services:

    • Cleveland City Planning

    • Office of  Equal Opportunity

    • Community Relations

    • Office of Sustainability

    • Office of Quality Control and Performance Management

    • Civil Service

    • Board of Zoning Appeals

    • Board of Building Standard Appeals

    • Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects

    • Community Development

    • Office of Fair Housing & Consumer Affairs

    • Finance

    • Human Resources

    • Law

  • Areas closed to the public, with limited public services:

    • Department of Aging ( some daily senior services will be accessible via phone)

    • Department of Building & Housing

    • Department of Public Health, Office of Vital Statistics

      • Drop-boxes are available. Birth and death certificates will also be available by mail, via phone through VitalChek or online at www.clevelandhealth.org.

      • For funeral homes, death certificates will accepted by mail and e-mail (vitals@city.cleveland.oh.us). The office will be able to issue disposition permits. The City will process requests for copies by mail or through VitalChek. If ordering via telephone, provide VitalChek the license number in order to receive the funeral home rate. 

    • Department of Public Utilities

      • Customers are still able to call in for account services

    • Department of Economic Development

      • Limited services are available by appointment only

    • Division of Taxation

      • Services available via drop box

    • City Prosecutor’s Office

      • Due to the COVID – 19 restrictions, the City Prosecutor’s office will take citizen complaints involving fresh arrests only.  Citizens with complaints that do not involve a fresh arrest are directed not to bring their complaints to the Prosecutor’s Office at this time. Citizens may also access online complaint forms here.  

All public meetings, including boards and commissions will be cancelled. The Mayor’s Office will not issue proclamations or condolence documents to citizens at this time.

[However,] Cleveland City Council will meet on Monday, March 23 for the 7 p.m. Council meeting. Further information will be provided by Cleveland City Council’s Office of Communications.  

  • Department of Public Safety: 

Essential members of the Department of Public Safety will continue to operate at full capacity amid COVID-19 Coronavirus concerns.  Members of the safety forces including Police, Fire and EMS are taking the necessary precautions in order to limit exposure and infection and will continue to do so in order to ensure that they can continue to meet the safety needs of the residents of and visitors to the City of Cleveland. 

Many non-essential members of the Department of Public Safety will NOT report to work.  This determination will be made according to divisional need.  Dispatchers are considered essential personnel. The City Kennel will remain open to the housing and intake of animals and to adoptions in a limited capacity.”

PROCLAMATION OF CIVIL EMERGENCY

On March 11, Mayor Jackson declared a Civil Emergency effective 1300, 11 March until 2359, 31 March 2020, though it may be e To anonymously report a business go here.

GLOBAL Statistics & Resources

END OF UPDATE

 

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