Test results came back positive for COVID-19 on Friday for the first two Koester Pavilion residents to die. They are 94-year-old Earl Bolinger, 93, who died March 19, and Glenn Witters, 83, who died March 20, according to Miami County Public Health.
Results had been pending on both of those when the deaths were announced.
The third Koester Pavilion resident to die was Alan Shump, 88, who tested positive for the coronavirus and died March 22.
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The cluster of cases also affected SpringMeade Health Center in Tipp City.
A SpringMeade resident, Hazel Begovich, 88, died Wednesday. She also tested positive for COVID-19.
Koester, located in Troy, and SpringMeade are both owned by Premier Health.
The tally of positive COVID-19 tests at Koester and SpringMeade now stands at 21 residents, seven staff and one visitor, said Vicky Knisley-Hunter, spokeswoman for Miami County Public Health.
The county also has an unrelated positive case involving a 56-year-old man who had traveled outside the country and is quarantined at home.
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