VA sees biggest single-day jump in reported coronavirus deaths
Source: Stars and Stripes
By NIKKI WENTLING | STARS AND STRIPES
Published: April 10, 2020
WASHINGTON – Two hundred veterans have died from the coronavirus at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country, the department said Friday.
Friday marked the biggest single-day jump in reported coronavirus deaths among patients since the VA started reporting them in mid-March. The death toll rose from 174 on Thursday to 200 on Friday. The youngest veteran patient to die was in his or her 40s in New Orleans. The oldest died at the Brooklyn VA Medical Center. That veteran was over 100.
Sunday will be one month since the agency began providing daily updates on positive cases and deaths. The department began March 12 with two positive cases among patients. Now, there are 3,700 cases among veterans who use the VA, as well as 1,281 medical center staff who have contracted the virus. Nine employees have died.
The New Orleans VA Medical Center has consistently reported the most cases out of the department’s 172 hospitals. On Friday, the hospital counted 423 positive cases, and 30 of those veterans were hospitalized. The VA counted 113 employees at the facility who had tested positive and were in isolation.
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