After Anonymous Tip, 17 Bodies Found at Nursing Home Hit by Virus

There have been 68 recent deaths of residents and nurses from the facility in a small New Jersey town.

“They were just overwhelmed by the amount of people who were expiring,” said Eric C. Danielson, the police chief in Andover, a small township in Sussex County, the state’s northernmost county.

The 17 were among 68 recent deaths linked to the long-term care facility, Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center I and II, including two nurses, officials said. Of those who died, 26 people had tested positive for the virus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/nyregion/coronavirus-nj-andover-nursing-home-deaths.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=cur