OGH confirms nine COVID-19 deaths in county

Ochiltree General Hospital has now confirmed the seventh, eighth, and ninth deaths of Ochiltree County residents due to the COVID-19 virus.

Due to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers are not allowed to release any private information about patients, so the hospital was unable to provide information about the…