The Department of Veteran Affairs has reported deaths of 200 patients and seven health care employees from coronavirus. In total, at least 3,700 patients and 1,100 VA health care employees have tested positive for the virus.
The Department of Veteran Affairs on Friday reported its 200th death from COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, within its care. There were 26 new deaths since Thursday's report, which brought the total to 200.the last 10 days, per theThe department has reported 3,700 positive cases of coronavirus in its clinics and hospitals around the country, according to its.
Of the 26 patients who died around the country as reported on Friday, only three were in their 50s, and the rest were older, mostly in their 70s. Three of them were in their 90s, and a patient who died at New York Harbor HHS in Brooklyn was in their 100s. VA officials earlier this week said it has seven employees from a total of five different VA sites who have died from coronavirus, including two employees in Reno, Nevada, and one each at VA hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Detroit, Indianapolis and Houston. The report did not indicate the location of the seventh VA health care employee.
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