Clark County resident who died while resident of Troy nursing home tests positive for COVID-19

Koester Pavilion, skilled nursing facility in Troy, Ohio where a coronavirus outbreak is occurring. STAFF PHOTO

Koester Pavilion, skilled nursing facility in Troy, Ohio where a coronavirus outbreak is occurring. STAFF PHOTO

A Clark County man is among the four Miami County nursing home residents to die recently who public health officials confirm tested positive for COVID-19, or coronavirus.

Earl Bolinger, 93, died on March 19 and was a resident at Koester Pavilion in Troy, according to Miami County Public Health.

Bolinger was awaiting coronavirus test results when he died, Miami County Coroner Dr. William Ginn said. Prior to Friday’s coronavirus results, his death was being treated as coronavirus-related, Ginn said on March 20.

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Bolinger had been admitted to Upper Valley Medical Center with respiratory issues that sent him into the intensive care unit. He was placed on a ventilator before he died, Ginn said on March 20.

Bolinger is the father of a Bethel Twp. man in his 70s who initially came to Koester Pavilion, then was transferred to the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center hospital, where he was diagnosed with coronavirus.

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