More Than 1,800 Inmates At Ohio Prison Test Positive For CCP Virus

More Than 1,800 Inmates At Ohio Prison Test Positive For CCP Virus
Police officers patrol the outer perimeter of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility on 12 April 1993. Eugene Garcia/AFP via Getty Images
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More than 1,800 inmates at an Ohio correctional institution have tested positive for the CCP virus, state officials said April 19.
According to official data released by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC), a total of 1,828 inmates at Marion Correctional Institution have tested positive, along with 109 staff members. Of the 1,828 cases, 38 are currently receiving treatment at an outside hospital, a spokesperson for the department said. A total of 667 inmates were being quarantined at the facility.
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