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Cases at Valley nursing home rise

YOUNGSTOWN — The number of COVID-19 cases at Mahoning Valley nursing homes and assisted-living facilities rose by seven this week.

The number rose from 29 to to 31 in Mahoning County, rose from none to six in Trumbull County, but dropped by one from three to two in Columbiana County.

One Trumbull County facility — Warren Nursing and Rehab nursing home on North Road — now has three staff cases, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

O’Brien Memorial Healthcare nursing home in Masury now has one staff case and one patient case, and Liberty Arms assisted living has two staff cases.

The number of staff cases in Mahoning County facilities dropped by two. The number of patient cases rose by four, but no Mahoning County facility has more than two combined staff or patient cases. Thirty-one Mahoning County facilities have at least one case.

It was a good week for COVID-19 cases at nursing homes and assisted-living facilities across the state, however.

Staff cases dropped from 429 to 392, and patient cases dropped from 528 to 476.

Nursing home deaths in Trumbull County rose by two this week to 151, but the number remained the same in Mahoning County (274) and in Columbiana County (79).

Staff cases at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown this week remained at one, and inmate cases dropped from two to one.

The number of staff virus cases at the private Northeastern Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown remained at two, and the number of inmate cases remained at zero.

The number of staff cases at the Trumbull Correctional Institution in Leavittsburg dropped from four to two, and the number of inmate cases remained at zero.

In all of Ohio’s prisons, there are 48 staff cases this week, down from 60 last week. Inmate cases across the state rose from 47 to 57, the second double-digit increase in two weeks.

erunyan@vindy.com

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