As Deaths Mount, Officials Test All Veterans at Nursing Home [View all]

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Source: Military.com





27 Apr 2020


RESERVE, La. — A nursing home for veterans in Louisiana has one of the state's deadliest coronavirus clusters, data shows.

In the last month alone, there have been 43 deaths at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Home in Reserve, though just over half were attributed to the virus, said Brandee Patrick, a spokeswoman for the facility's operator, the state Department of Veterans Affair.
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The home, which held around 150 veterans when the outbreak began, now has just 96 residents left, The New Orleans Advocate reported. Five of them are hospitalized. Of the rest, 47 have tested negative for the coronavirus, 34 have tested positive and six had inconclusive results, Patrick said.

Those numbers come as the state reported Saturday more than 26,500 cases throughout Louisiana and nearly 1,650 deaths................................

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