SHERMAN, Ill. (AP) - The coronavirus outbreak has claimed the lives of 23 residents of a central Illinois nursing home, health officials said.
A woman in her 80s is the latest victim of the outbreak at the The Villas East home in Sherman, Sangamon County Department of Public Health officials reported Tuesday.
In total, 62 Villas East residents have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, including one who is hospitalized, as well as 46 staff members, The State Journal-Register reported.
Outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities have claimed more than 33,000 lives, more than a third of all coronavirus deaths in the U.S., according to a count by The Associated Press.
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