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Warren nursing home’s cases drop back to zero

By Ed Runyan 2 min read

The Warren nursing home that had 55 COVID-19 cases last week has dropped down to zero this week, according to the Ohio Department of Health's COVID-19 website.

Community Skilled Health Care Centre nursing home on Mahoning Avenue had 25 patient cases and 30 staff cases last week, but now has none.

One other Trumbull County facility, the Liberty Health Care Center nursing home in Liberty, had 12 patient cases and no staff cases last week but has no cases of either type this week.

The highest number of cases among any Trumbull County facility this week is four.

In Mahoning County, meanwhile, three nursing homes have six or more cases. The largest number of cases is at the Windsor House Omni Manor nursing home in Youngstown, which has six patient cases and seven staff cases. It had 15 patient cases and six staff cases last week, according to ODH data. One other facility has one patient case and five staff cases; the other has three patient case and four staff cases.

Columbiana County COVID-19 cases continue to be either zero or nearly zero.

The number of COVID-19 patient cases being reported in long-term care facilities statewide dropped by 159 cases this week -- from 1,183 last week to 1,024 this week. The number of staff cases dropped by 211 cases this week -- from 1,274 last week to 1,063 this week.

Among the three counties, the number of deaths associated with long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and assisted-living facilities did not increase this week. There are still 312 in Mahoning County, 192 in Trumbull County and 94 in Columbiana County, same as last week.

Statewide, the number of deaths associated with long-term care facilities rose by 25 in the past week -- from 9,158 last week to 9,183 this week, according to the ODH.

The number of Mahoning County deaths at long-term care facilities increased by one over the past month, but the number of cases in the two other counties has not increased over the past month.

Among area prisons, the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown currently has 14 staff cases of COVID-19 and two inmate cases. The Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown has no cases of either type and the Trumbull Correctional Institution has three staff cases and no inmate cases.

There are 62 staff cases among all Ohio prisons this week and 36 inmate cases.

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