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Military Times | VA COVID-19 update: over 3,500 cases, 174 patient deaths as officials downplay equipment shortage concerns
Since Veterans Affairs leaders reported the first death of a VA patient from coronavirus in mid-March, the number of positive cases — and fatalities — in the department’s health system has risen dramatically.
As of April 9, there have been 174 patients who have died from the illness. That number is up almost 100 from one week ago. On March 30, the total was less than 20.
VA officials have offered only partial details of the deaths, but until this weekend all of the fatalities had been among patients aged 50 or older. Officials from the New Orleans VA Medical Center, one of the hardest hit in the country by the illness, announced that a patient in his or her 40s died there on Sunday. No other information was given. |
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