HOLYOKE, MASS. (WHDH) - The number of deaths reported at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home has increased to 93, with 76 linked to the coronavirus, officials announced Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the facility said that 75 other veteran residents have tested positive for COVID-19, as well as 84 employees.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division launched an investigation into the home to examine whether the facility violated the rights of veterans by failing to provide them medical care generally and during the coronavirus pandemic.
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