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16 dead in COVID-19 outbreak at Henrico nursing facility
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16 dead in COVID-19 outbreak at Henrico nursing facility
By MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch Apr 2, 2020
On a day when President Donald Trump declared a major disaster in Virginia, the number of deaths and COVID-19 cases soared at a Henrico County nursing facility at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Five more residents of Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center have died of COVID-19, a disease that has led to a total of 16 deaths and infected 108 residents at the skilled nursing care facility in western Henrico.
The virus also caused the second death in a week in the Chesterfield Health District — a woman in her 40s — but state health department officials would not identify the locality in which she lived. The health district includes Chesterfield County, but also Colonial Heights and Powhatan County.
The latest deaths at Canterbury include one on Thursday at the skilled nursing facility and three on Wednesday, one in a local hospital and two others in the center’s “comfort care” unit for mortally ill residents who don’t want to go to the hospital. The fifth death was an 89-year-old man who died in a local hospital on Sunday.
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By MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch Apr 2, 2020
On a day when President Donald Trump declared a major disaster in Virginia, the number of deaths and COVID-19 cases soared at a Henrico County nursing facility at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Five more residents of Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center have died of COVID-19, a disease that has led to a total of 16 deaths and infected 108 residents at the skilled nursing care facility in western Henrico.
The virus also caused the second death in a week in the Chesterfield Health District — a woman in her 40s — but state health department officials would not identify the locality in which she lived. The health district includes Chesterfield County, but also Colonial Heights and Powhatan County.
The latest deaths at Canterbury include one on Thursday at the skilled nursing facility and three on Wednesday, one in a local hospital and two others in the center’s “comfort care” unit for mortally ill residents who don’t want to go to the hospital. The fifth death was an 89-year-old man who died in a local hospital on Sunday.
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