At least 36 people have died from coronavirus at one of New Jersey's largest nursing homes, the state Department of Health said, days after a tip led police to find 17 bodies in the facility's morgue
The nursing home is now under investigation by the state's attorney general.Tip leads police to 17 bodies at a New Jersey nursing homeThe nursing home, the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center, is split into two buildings designated I and II. Twenty-eight people died at Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center II, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health said, which is the same site where earlier this week police found bodies in the morgue. Another eight died at Center I.
A spokesman for the facility said it has been"cooperating with public health officials to prioritize patient safety while caring for the remains of patients who have tragically passed -- including a surge of those lost over the Easter holiday -- even as New Jersey's morgues and funeral homes are being overrun by this deadly disease.
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