COVID-19 deaths and infections among patients and staff at Mahoning Valley long term-care facilities such as nursing homes remained low this week.
The Ohio Department of Health reported no new deaths at any Mahoning, Trumbull or Columbiana county facility this week.
It actually reported one fewer death in Mahoning County than it reported last week. That typically indicates a correction to earlier reporting.
Mahoning County’s nursing home death total is 214, Trumbull’s total is 156, and Columbiana County’s is 68.
As a state, virus infections at long-term care facilities dropped significantly again this week.
There were 1,501 patient cases this week, down from 1,847 last week. Staff cases were 1,128 this week, down from 1,329 last week. It is the fifth consecutive week patient cases have declined significantly across Ohio.
COVID-19 infections among patients and staff at long-term care facilities such as nursing homes dropped significantly this week across Ohio and remained low
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Barbara Davis, a former corrections officer at the private Northeast Ohio Correctional Center off Hubbard Road in Youngstown, pleaded guilty Thursday to having sex with an inmate and taking bribes to bring contraband into the prison.
She entered the pleas in U.S. District Court in Akron. Judge Sara Lioi ordered that Davis be released on $20,000 bond. Davis will be sentenced at 10 a.m. April 29.
Federal court documents state that Davis engaged in sex with an unnamed inmate inside the prison between the dates of Nov. 13, 2017, and Nov 7, 2018.
She also between those dates accepted a $20,550 bribe from an Ohio woman who also has been charged by the federal government in a related case. Davis was paid to sneak in a cellphone and tobacco to a prison inmate, federal prosecutors stated.
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The number of COVID-19 deaths and infections at Mahoning Valley nursing homes continued to drop this week.
It is welcome news, especially for Trumbull County facilities.
There were five additional deaths at Trumbull County facilities this week. That is down considerably from the second half of December, when Trumbull facilities had 50 deaths in three weeks.
Mahoning County nursing homes and assisted-living facilities reported three more deaths this week, and Columbiana County facilities had one more.
Trumbull has had 149 total nursing home deaths, Mahoning 209, and Columbiana 68, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
Meanwhile, the number of Mahoning County nursing homes and assisted-living facilities with at least three combined patient and staff COVID-19 infections dropped from 10 to eight this week. Trumbull County facilities with that many cases dropped from two to one, and Columbiana County continues to have no facilities with three cases.