By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s nursing homes have seen at least 45 deaths from the coronavirus.
But the overall total across the state remains unknown.
That’s because many local health departments aren’t releasing that data or revealing which nursing homes have had outbreaks.
Eleven nursing home residents have died in Miami County near Dayton while another outbreak in neighboring Darke County has killed seven.
In the Youngstown area, 12 have died from the virus at long-term care facilities.
The state association representing for-profit nursing homes says it’s frustrated more information isn’t being shared. It also says more testing is needed in the nursing homes.
More than 3,600 deaths have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities nationwide, an alarming rise in just the past two weeks.