The number of deaths at a Massachusetts health care facility for veterans continued to rise amid the novel coronavirus crisis, with at least 18 residents reported dead as of Thursday afternoon, state officials said.
Older adults are at a higher risk for becoming seriously ill from COVID-19, while the virus is also impacting the stock market and retirement savings.
Twelve of the veterans who died tested positive for COVID-19, with results for the other six negative, pending or unknown, according to the state's Office of Health and Human Services.The Soldier's Home in the city of Holyoke, a veteran's center and hospital, has been battling a growing number of coronavirus cases and allegations that multiple residents died without the government being informed.
Morse said he then contacted the Board of Health, but he did not hear back by Saturday and decided to call the home's superintendent himself on Sunday. A welcome sign is seen outside the Soldier's Home in Holyoke, Mass., March 31, 2020. The director of the center has been placed on leave after several veterans have died and others including staff have been diagnosed with Covid-19.
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