There have been at least , which is 43% of the state鈥檚 confirmed COVID-19 deaths. After saying for weeks that nursing home residents who have symptoms are tested but limitations prevented mass testing, there鈥檚 a plan for more tests in long-term care facilities.
When asked last week if Ohio would test all nursing home residents and staff, as suggested by President Trump, he thought "it would beunlikelythatyouwouldseeusbeabletotesteverybodyinthenursinghome".
Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton there would be a team doing tests in all nursing homes.
And then on Tuesday, DeWine said a group of at least 10 Ohio National Guard units is being assembled by Adjutant General Major General John Harris Jr. to do the testing.
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to push the testing as hard as we can in these nursing homes, and I think in the next seven days, we鈥檙e going to be able to report to you a lot more progress in that area," DeWine said.
There have been nearly 6,000 positive tests in Ohio鈥檚 nursing homes, and the lobbying group representing them has asked for mass testing.
The first cases of COVID-19 in the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky recently prompted mass testing there and the home in Georgetown in southwest Ohio.
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