(16 Apr 2020) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus134379 An extraordinary number of deaths over the weekend appear to have overwhelmed a nursing home in northern New Jersey where police responding to an anonymous tip found more than a dozen bodies.
Police say that five bodies were found Sunday and that 13 more were found Monday at the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover Township.
Officials say the remains were among 68 deaths linked to the home, including both residents and two nurses.
The New York Times reported that at least 26 of those deaths were confirmed by laboratory tests to be related to COVID-19.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.
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