Rossville nursing home still battling coronavirus

Coronavirus has claimed the lives of nine residents at a Rossville nursing home.

NHC Healthcare’s Rossville facility at 1425 Mcfarland Ave. reported July 1 that 60 residents and 33 employees have tested positive for coronavirus.

According to NHC’S website, one resident patient has been transferred to a hospital, 28 have recovered, 22 are being treated for the virus inhouse, and nine resident patients have died. Twenty-eight employees have recovered. Residents who have tested positive for the virus, also called COVID-19, have been moved to a designated COVID-19 unit within the facility, separate from residents who have not contracted the virus; staff are dressed in full personal protective equipment, or PPE, when treating the residents who have tested positive, NHC spokesperson Casey Reese said June 5.

According to NHC’S website July 1, two employees at the Fort Oglethorpe facility have tested positive for the virus, one employee is under investigation for possibly having the virus, and no residents have tested positive or died from the virus.

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