A western Pennsylvania nursing home is dealing with an outbreak of the coronavirus as more and more residents have tested positive.
Officials at the Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in Beaver County have confirmed 14 residents so far tested positive with additional tests pending, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting.
“We’re taking appropriate measures to care for everyone affected,” Dr. Dave Thimons, the medical director of the facility, told the Post-Gazette. “Everyone’s working hard and we’re doing what we can.”
So far, 13 of the 14 tested are being treated at the nursing home, and another was transported to the hospital, according to reports.
It started on Friday with three residents testing positive, WTAE is reporting. There were 17 more showing signs or symptoms.
By Saturday, 11 of those 17 tests came back positive, reports indicate.
Nursing home officials said in a statement they are working with the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to try to contain the spread.
Senior citizens and those with underlying health conditions are among those most susceptible to COVID-19.
According to reports, the home is monitoring all residents for symptoms, screening staff members on a regular basis and has suspended in-person visits.
These residents are part of the doubling of cases seen in Beaver County, which has 22 confirmed cases and no deaths as of Saturday.
Saturday’s total revealed 2,751 cases in Pennsylvania with 34 deaths.
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