{"id":54453,"date":"2020-08-25T22:07:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T22:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/25\/veterans-affairs-has-now-reported-more-than-50000-coronavirus-cases\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:33:31","slug":"veterans-affairs-has-now-reported-more-than-50000-coronavirus-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2020\/08\/25\/veterans-affairs-has-now-reported-more-than-50000-coronavirus-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Affairs has now reported more than 50,000 coronavirus cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday surpassed 50,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=_blank>coronavirus cases<\/a> among its patients since the start of the pandemic in March, with more than half of those positive tests coming in the last 50 days alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the milestone, the department has seen a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/07\/31\/after-spiking-through-june-and-july-military-covid-19-cases-level-off\/\" target=_blank>significant decrease<\/a> in its number of active coronavirus cases in recent weeks. As of Monday evening, 137 VA hospitals were monitoring 3,942 current cases of the fast-spreading illness, a drop of about 32 percent in the last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials have said that they do not consider the active-case counts or the cumulative coronavirus totals as appropriate measures of the spread of the illness, and point instead to the hospitalization rate among patients with positive tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/08\/18\/coronavirus-deaths-among-veterans-affairs-patients-rising-in-august\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6204325.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Coronavirus deaths among Veterans Affairs patients rising in August<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Active cases of the virus among department patients have decreased in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far in August, about 15 percent of all patients who test positive for coronavirus have required hospitalization. That\u2019s the lowest rate in the last five months. In July, the figure was 17 percent. In the prior four months, the figure topped 20 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently only two department sites \u2014 one in North Chicago, one in Gainesville, Fla. \u2014 have reported more than 100 active coronavirus cases on campus. That number was as high as 14 late last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the 50,000-plus cases among VA patients in the last six months, about 87 percent of the cases were veterans. The remainder are a mix of dependents, military personnel, VA employees and community members receiving care at veterans hospitals as part of the department\u2019s federal mission to serve as a backup health system for the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least 2,636 VA patients have died from the illness since March 18. More than 520 of those deaths were in August so far, making it the deadliest month for virus patients in the system since May, when 740 deaths were recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June and July, that number did not top 500. The department is on pace to hit nearly 650 in August alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the patient deaths, the department has seen 49 fatal cases of the virus among its employees. All but nine of those occurred before July 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2020\/05\/21\/suicide-risk-for-veterans-could-grow-as-coronavirus-crisis-winds-down\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6148209.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Suicide risk for veterans could grow as coronavirus crisis winds down<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Mental health experts warn that feelings 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