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The number of COVID-19 cases dropped to low numbers at area nursing homes and prisons after they peaked three weeks ago.
COVID-19 infections at local and Ohio prisons likewise dropped this week.
On Jan. 13, 15 Mahoning County nursing homes and assisting-living facilities had at least four active cases of the virus. This week there are seven, with the highest number being eight cases at the Crandall Nursing Home in Sebring with one patient case and six staff cases.
By comparison, on Jan. 13, one Mahoning County nursing home had 39 cases -- 20 among patients and 19 among staff. This week it has just two staff cases.
This week's case numbers are comparable to the numbers reported in early December, when the omicron variant of the virus was starting to ramp up.
Among other facilities with cases this week, Antonine Village assisted-living facility in North Jackson has five patient cases and two staff cases. The only other facility with more than four cases is the Hampton Woods Nursing Center in Poland with three patient cases and three staff cases.
The Ohio Department of Health website listed several other Mahoning County facilities with four or more cases this week, but the numbers had not been updated from the previous week and are therefore believed to be inaccurate.
Trumbull County facilities had only four cases this week -- one each among four facilities. Columbiana County facilities continue to be listed with the same four cases as in previous weeks.
Cases among nursing homes and assisted-living facilities across Ohio dropped from 2,899 patient cases last week to 2,294 this week. Staff cases across Ohio dropped from 3,476 to 2,552.
Deaths among local nursing homes rose one in Columbiana County to 89, none in Mahoning County (303) and three in Trumbull County to 183.
The private Northeast Ohio Correctional Center prison in Youngstown saw its staff virus cases drop from six to two, and inmate cases drop from one to none.
The Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown saw its staff cases drop from eight to three this week and its inmate cases drop from five to three.
The Trumbull Correctional Institution in Leavittsburg saw its staff cases drop from four to zero, and its inmate cases drop from one to none.
Among all Ohio prisons, the number of staff cases last week was 256, but it dropped to 91 this week. The number of inmate cases dropped from 246 to 102.