Five residents of a Chelmsford nursing home have died since Oct. 15 in connection with a COVID-19 outbreak, and dozens more residents and employees have been infected, according to a town official and the state Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
Sue Rosa, director of public health in Chelmsford, confirmed that 47 residents and 17 staff members at Sunny Acres Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center have tested positive for the coronavirus that has infected nearly 145,000 residents in Massachusetts.
A rapid response team from the state Department of Public Health “is working closely with Sunny Acres,” Rosa said in an e-mail Friday night.
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