Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
More Ohioans are expected to be diagnosed with COVID-19 with the increase in testing but experts caution that while the jump in confirmed cases is worrisome, the numbers are driven in part by the new availability of testing.
“We are going to see a marked increase in the number of cases because we are doing more testing and we are getting test results back,” said Dr. Glen Solomon, chairman of the department of internal medicine at Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine. “I think we should all be concerned but not panicked.”
On Wednesday local officials announced three people had tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Kettering Medical Center treated a man in his 60s who came in Saturday and was discharged Sunday in good condition and ordered to self-isolate, said Liz Long, spokeswoman for the Kettering Health Network. His COVID-19 test came back positive on Wednesday.
Two patients who were both at the same Miami County assisted living facility are considered positive for COVID-19, and a total of 17 other residents, staff and visitors who came into contact with them have been tested, health officials from Miami and Clark counties said Wednesday night. Those tested are awaiting results.
One of the two is a man in his 70s who has been admitted to the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The other is a woman in her 60s.
