Covid-19 in Ohio prisons/jails

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.fox19.com/2020/04/05/ohio-inmates-test-positive-covid-/

2 Ohio inmates test positive for COVID-19
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction says two inmates in Ohio have tested positive for COVID-19.
By Natalya Daoud | April 5, 2020 at 11:43 AM EDT - Updated April 5 at 11:54 AM

CINCINNATI (FOX19) -The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced Saturday that two inmates in two different correctional institutions have tested positive for COVID-19.

Although the data does not show any positive test results for inmates in the Cincinnati area, it does show results from inmates in other parts of Ohio...

 

[Shiloh]

At Elkton Federal Prison in Ohio, 37 Inmates Hospitalized Due to COVID-19, 3 Dead, 71 in Isolation: https://www.clevescene.com/scene-an...alized-due-to-covid-19-3-dead-71-in-isolation

 

[sharon sanders]

April 19, 2020

Overall, the state’s prison system has recorded 2,426 positive results among inmates, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said. That number is 21% of the total confirmed cases in Ohio.

The majority of those cases are at the Marion Correctional Institution, where 1,828 inmates — 73% of the total — have tested positive for the virus, state officials say. The remaining 667 prisoners now are in quarantine. No deaths have been reported among inmates there.

https://www.dispatch.com/news/202004...-test-positive