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LISBON, Ohio — As the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Columbiana County increased Sunday, so did the number of deaths at the Federal Correction Institution Elkton, where a third inmate death was reported.
On Sunday afternoon, the Ohio Department of Health reported 42 positive cases of COVID-19 in Columbiana County, the disease spread by coronavirus, 26 hospitalizations and five deaths from the virus in Columbiana County.
Twenty of the individuals hospitalized are inmates at the federal prison, according to the president of the union that represents most employees there.