BRAND-NEW HOPE, Minn. (AP)– One of Minnesota’s deadliest outbreaks of the coronavirus in a single setting is at a senior care campus in New Hope where 12 residents have actually passed away of complications of the virus.
Records reviewed by the Star Tribune reveal the deaths given that April 6 involve locals at St. Therese of New Hope who were between 82 and 96 years old.
Many locals passed away from pneumonia and other breathing problems brought on by COVID-19, the disease that has killed 179 people in Minnesota. State health authorities state 129 of those deaths are linked to long-lasting care centers.
Administrators at St. Therese say they are dealing with the state Department of Health on a response to the break out. The campus includes a 258- bed nursing home, along with independent and assisted living homes.
Nursing houses have actually been on lockdown for weeks to safeguard their vulnerable citizens.
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