By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Covid-19 has now taken lives in all six of Pennsylvania's state run nursing homes for veterans and the overall total death toll is just short of 100.
According to data from the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs 99 residents at its facilities have died from the coronavirus including one at the Gino Merli Veterans Center, which had avoided any deaths up till now.
The highest death toll, 42, came at the Southeastern Veterans Center in Chester County. Eighteen deaths were recorded at both the Delaware Valley Veterans Center in Philadephia and the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home in Erie.
Seventeen residents died of Covid-19 at the Hollidaysburg Veterans Center in Blair County. Three Covid deaths were reported at the Southwestern Veterans Center in Pittsburgh.
A total of 399 residents at the six homes have tested positive including 125 at the Erie home and 120 at the Chester County home.
The state agency reported that a total of 402 employees at the six homes have tested positive for the virus, but there have been no deaths. The most positive results among employees was 106 at the Hollidaysburg facility.
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