COLUMBUS (AP) — Figures show that Ohio inmates now make up nearly one in four of the state’s coronavirus cases.
That’s following a spike in identified infections as universal testing takes place inside state three prisons.
Data released Sunday by the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction show 1,828 positive tests at Marion Correctional Facility, out of about 2,500 total inmates.
A Marion prison guard died of COVID-19, and six inmates at two other facilities have also died.
The state reported Monday that there were 12,919 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Ohio and 509 deaths.