Two dead at Aurora veterans’ nursing home amid coronavirus outbreak

Two residents at a state-run veterans’ nursing home in Aurora have died amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the Colorado Department of Human Services announced Wednesday.

Seven other residents and seven staff members at Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons have tested positive for COVID-19, the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

The Colorado National Guard will test all residents and staff at the facility Wednesday, and the living center will adjust its response and staffing based on those results.

The 180-bed community living center serves veterans, veterans’ spouses and parents who have had a child die while serving in the military.

A large portion of Colorado’s COVID-19 deaths have been connected to residential health care facilities, according to state data, and outbreaks have been reported at scores of facilities.

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