The MetroHealth hotline offers check-in and same-day delivery of groceries and other basic supplies through the a program launched last year with the goal of finding and addressing the causes of health disparities in the community. (Photo: Shutterstock)

At-Home Care Designed For COVID Likely Here To Stay At Cleveland Hospital CLEVELAND, Ohio — In late March, Andrea Laquatra began to feel sick. At first, it was an overwhelming fatigue, and the 32-year-old Cleveland mother of two tried to push through it.

A fever, headaches and body aches soon followed. Then she noticed she'd lost her senses of taste and smell.

By March 23, Laquatra could no longer deny the nagging fear she'd had since first falling ill: She might have COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, which by then had been detected in every state. That day, 351 new cases, 83 hospitalizations and three deaths were reported in Ohio.