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LISBON While those 80 and older are about to begin the process to be vaccinated for COVID-19, more than 55 Columbiana County residents continue to be diagnosed with the virus each day and there have been two deaths over the past week.
According to county health department public information officer Laura Fauss, the county has confirmed the coronavirus-related deaths of an 88-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man, both members of the general community. There have been 47 members of the general community whose deaths have been attributed to the coronavirus with 71 residents of long-term care facilities and nine inmates from the federal Elkton prison.
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LISBON As vaccinations of health care workers and those in long-term care facilities continue to happen, Columbiana County had three more deaths and 398 new cases in the past week.
Public information officer Laura Fauss of the county health department confirmed Friday there have been deaths of two men, ages 81 and 93, who were both members of the general community, and a 96-year-old woman who was a resident of a long-term care facility. There have now been 125 deaths from the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.
There have also been 6,582 positive cases, although Fauss noted we have appeared to plateau with numbers not rising as much as they previously did.