Essex Center reports three deaths in two days
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ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. (WCAX) - More residents at an Essex County, New York, nursing home have died from the coronavirus.
Essex Center in Elizabethtown has been at the center of a COVID-19 outbreak, with dozens testing positive. Now, we’re told three people died in just two days. The Essex County Health Department says two of the deaths happened on Thursday and the other was on Wednesday.
Officials say 15 people have died so far from the virus.
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