Ohio County Long Term Care Facility Rocked by Covid-19 Outbreak

Ohio County Long Term Care Facility Rocked by Covid-19 Outbreak

32 total covid 19 cases have been reported here at signature healthcare of hartford, and of those 32 cases, 18 are residents.

The other 14 positive cases coming from workers inside the facility.

And governor andy beshear spoke on monday about the growing numbers of covid cases in the bluegrass.

Twenty five new residents, thirty seven new staff have tested positive.

Ten new deaths attributable to long term care.

Twelve new facilities having at least one case.

Let remember our long term care facilities are one of the reasons that we have to take the major actions that we do?

44news reached out to signature health for comment, but the long term care facility declined to respond.

Back in may, a signature health facility in newburgh, indiana had an outbreak that resulted in the death of 29 people.

And with the history of covid 19 outbreaks in nursing homes and long term care facilities in the tri-state, 44news reached out to a bluegrass doctor to better understand why the virus is especially dangerous in this environment.?these are elderly individuals with lots of, what we call, morbidities.

They have a lot of other illnesses and limitations in their ability to fight infections, so that the first issue.

The second is that theye in very close contact with individuals?

Ohio county judge executive david johnston says that most of the people infected are asymptomatic.

But there are 2 residents that have been hospitalized.

And after hearing news of the covid 19 outbreak in their town, ohio county residents are concerned for those elderly residents at signature health.?of course it always a concern.

This is a scary time in our county and in our world.

It makes me more concerned that elderly can be affected, so i praying for those families and those residents, and i hope it all turns out okay for them?

It been reported earlier today that one of the infected residents at signature health has passed away due to covid-19, but the ohio county health department told 44news that a person in ohio county has died due to complications from covid-19, but they were not a resident of signature health.

And that makes it the first covid-19 related death here in ohio county.

Wel keep you updated with the news of this story as it continues to develop.

Reporting in hartford, jake thomas 44 news.

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