12 Covid Deaths in PA State Hospitals

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Twelve patients in Pennsylvania state hospitals have died from the Coronavirus, according to data posted by the state Department of Human Services.
The agency reported Tuesday that the deaths came from a total of 100 patients who contracted Covid-19 in the six facilities run by the agency.
Currently, according to the report nine patients are currently suffering from the virus.
The agency has recently declined to specify at which facilities the cases occurred, but prior to the recent policy change the majority of the cases were listed at Norristown State Hospital.
Other facilities under the Human Services control are Clarks Summit State Hospital, Danville State Hospital, Torrance State Hospital, Warren State Hospital, Wernersville State Hospital and South Mountain Restoration Center.
Even more Covid-19 deaths have been reported in Pennsylvania's veterans nursing homes. A total of 50 recent patient deaths were either confirmed or probable coronavirus cases.
Most, if not all of those deaths were at the Southeastern Veterans Center in Chester County. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs acknowledged Tuesday that the commandant at the 238-bed facility had been replaced by an acting commandant.
Thirty-six of the deaths were confirmed Covid deaths while 14 were classified as probable Covid-19 deaths.
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