Ohio has reported 313,000 confirmed cases and 5,772 deaths in the last eight and half months, and Cuyhoga County, the second largest of 88 counties statewide, has posted 30,581 cases and 720 deaths.

Mayor Jackson held a press conference Nov. 13 as Cleveland, like the  U.S., has  broken a coronavirus  record, the U.S. reporting nine consecutive days of more than 1,000 deaths from the pandemic.

Jackson announced last week that the largely Black city of Cleveland reported 194 new cases in a single day, up from a previous daily record of 115 cases.

Some 153 Clevelanders have died from the virus, most of them elderly and over 70-years-old

The U.S. also broke a world record last week with over 144,000 new confirmed cases

The deadly virus for which there is no vaccine has spread to all 50 states and Washington, D.C. and the nation has nearly 11.6 million reported cases and some 250,000 people dead since early March,  worldwide figures showing that there are 55 million cases globally and roughly 1.3 million deaths.

And more than 40 million Americans are out of work due to the crippling pandemic.