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The infection count dipped in Ohio’s nursing homes, assisted living communities and long-term care facilities in the past week because the state revised its data after operators complained that authorities overcounted.

The Ohio Department of Health released its second weekly count in medical and senior living spaces of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the lung disease that can result from infection with the new coronavirus.

As of April 22, at least 781 cases occurred in 90 facilities in 23 counties, ODH reported. The total case count was 57 cases lower than the April 16 accounting.

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Ohio updated and corrected its public count of COVID-19 cases in care facilities on the state’s coronavirus online dashboard. The name of the facility is listed, with the type of care. The count now subtotals a facility’s cases by patients and staff members.

© Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer Northgate Park, an assisted-living facility, pictured, Thursday, April 16, 2020, accounts for 37 of the 88 cases of COVID-19 in Southwest Ohio nursing homes, the state reported Thursday morning.

After the April 16 release, many facility operators complained that every contact with county health departments about the virus, not just confirmed COVID-19 cases, was reported to the state, and ODH released those numbers.

Over the weekend, ODH took down the website for repairs. It went live again Wednesday. Some counts were updated significantly.