{"id":69439,"date":"2020-06-02T19:27:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T19:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/02\/va-sees-rise-in-active-coronavirus-cases-among-patients-in-recent-days\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:30:30","slug":"va-sees-rise-in-active-coronavirus-cases-among-patients-in-recent-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2020\/06\/02\/va-sees-rise-in-active-coronavirus-cases-among-patients-in-recent-days\/","title":{"rendered":"VA sees rise in active coronavirus cases among patients in recent days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/05\/28\/va-patient-deaths-from-coronavirus-hit-1200-but-leaders-see-progress\/\" target=_blank>active coronavirus cases<\/a> at Veterans Affairs medical centers nationwide rose by more than 7 percent in the last five days, a worrisome turnaround from the almost daily reductions in infections over the last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department officials released<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accesstocare.va.gov\/Healthcare\/COVID19NationalSummary\" target=_blank> updated coronavirus case information<\/a> on Tuesday for the first time since May 28. Officials had said the gap in information was due to internal VA information technology updates that had originally expected to be completed on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the data, VA hospitals were still dealing with 1,494 active cases of coronavirus as of Tuesday morning, an increase of more than 100 cases from five days earlier. At the start of May, that total was nearly 3,000, and declined steadily throughout the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, the department has treated more than 14,400 individuals for coronavirus in the last three months.<\/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\/05\/29\/veterans-disability-exams-to-resume-at-some-sites-as-backlog-hits-114000-nearly-doubling-in-six-months\/\" 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=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_21720922750-1.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\">Veterans disability exams to resume at some sites as backlog hits 114,000, nearly doubling in six months<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Currently 114,000 veterans are waiting for compensation and pension exams to finalize their disability claims.<\/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\">The Washington, D.C. VA medical center \u2014 which sits just a few miles from the White House, the site of large-scale protests over racial inequality over the last few nights \u2014 now has the most active cases of any department site in America, with 66.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA hospitals in Chicago, Philadelphia and New York also recorded more than 40 active cases among their patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, in testimony before the House Appropriations Committee, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie praised his department\u2019s coronavirus response as a \u201cgreat success\u201d but added that department staff are still \u201croutinely putting their lives on the line and sacrificing time with their families to care for veterans, most of whom are older and are therefore more vulnerable to the virus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least 1,254 department patients have died from the fast-spreading illness in the last three months. That figure is up almost 11 percent in the last week alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, more than 1,500 employees have contracted the illness, and at least 32 have died from complications related to the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 18, VA leaders began re-opening some department facilities in an effort to return to normal operations, based on declining case numbers throughout the Veterans Health System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, leaders said that \u201crigorous safety measures \u2014 including employee and veteran COVID-19 screening, physical distancing and appropriate personal protective attire such as face coverings\u201d would remain in place even as services were expanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a 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