17 bodies were found in a small morgue at a New Jersey nursing home hit by coronavirus after police got an anonymous tip
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
The call for body bags came late Saturday.
By Monday, the police in a small New Jersey town had gotten an anonymous tip about a body being stored in a shed outside one of the state’s largest nursing homes.
When police arrived, the corpse had been removed from the shed, but they discovered 17 bodies piled inside in a small morgue, intended to hold no more than four people.
“They were just overwhelmed by the amount of people who were expiring,” said Eric C. Danielson, the police chief in Andover, a small township in Sussex County, the state’s northernmost county.
The 17 were among 68 recent deaths linked to the long-term care facility, Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center I and II, including two nurses, officials said. Of those who died, 26 people had tested positive for the virus.
For the others, the cause of death is unknown.
Tags
Who is online
249 visitors
Of the patients who remain at the homes, housed in two buildings, 76 have tested positive for the virus; 41 staff members, including an administrator, are sick with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to county health records shared Wednesday with a federal official.
That's awful!
Sadly, this is just the start for many nursing homes.
And veterans homes.....
The millennials are calling this virus the "Boomer Buster".
Yes and the Vet homes,,,same situation.
I can only imagine having a parent in a home right now....
Heart wrenching.
The lastest count of nursing home deaths that the government doesn't count towards the death total from the virus is 5600 and mounting.
Like you, I'm afraid this is only the time of the iceberg.
Our friend's mother died yesterday in a nursing home from the virus.
I’m so sorry to hear that.
Sorry about your friend's mom Kavika.