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Health Officials Report COVID-19 Outbreak At Newark Nursing Home

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A nursing home in Newark is reporting 91 cases of COVID-19 among its residents and staff.  

Licking County Health Department officials say 59 residents and 32 employees at the Newark Care and Rehabilitation Center have tested positive, and many of them are actively ill.  Eleven other residents have died of COVID-19.  The facility reported the outbreak to the county on July 1st. 

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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