ITHACA, NY The Tompkins County Health Department announced that a fifth resident at Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home has died due to COVID-19. The facility has been dealing with an outbreak for the past couple weeks that began with 39Â residents and 13 staff members testing positive for the disease at the end of November. The New York State Department of Health took over contact tracing and case investigations at that time. We were notified today of the passing of a resident at Oak Hill nursing home, Public Health Director Frank Kruppa said. Our thoughts are with the family and with all of those who are battling the disease.