{"id":70071,"date":"2020-07-01T13:41:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/01\/coronavirus-cases-among-veterans-affairs-patients-tripled-in-june\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:40:00","slug":"coronavirus-cases-among-veterans-affairs-patients-tripled-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2020\/07\/01\/coronavirus-cases-among-veterans-affairs-patients-tripled-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus cases among Veterans Affairs patients tripled in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/26\/grim-coronavirus-milestones-for-veterans-affairs-20000-cases-1500-deaths-in-the-last-100-days\/\" target=_blank>active coronavirus cases<\/a> among Department of Veterans Affairs patients tripled in June, with more than 4,100 active cases at 138 medical sites spread across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs officials in recent days have downplayed the sharp increase in cases of the fast-spreading virus, saying that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/09\/vas-protective-equipment-supplies-inadequate-for-second-wave-of-coronavirus-officials-warn\/\" target=_blank>hospitalization rates<\/a> among those positive patients have remained steady and lower than they were at the start of the pandemic in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the number of active cases, which had dropped from around 3,000 at the start of May to 1,390 by the end of that month, had an abrupt turn around over the last four weeks, rising to 4,170 by early morning on July 1.<\/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\/06\/09\/vas-protective-equipment-supplies-inadequate-for-second-wave-of-coronavirus-officials-warn\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20083466010733.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\">VA\u2019s protective equipment supplies inadequate for second wave of coronavirus, officials warn<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Department hospitals have a 30-day supply of PPE, but officials say six months would be needed for a surge in cases this fall.<\/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\">Eleven VA medical centers in five states \u2014 Texas, Arizona, Florida, South Carolina and Illinois \u2014 have more than 100 active coronavirus cases on campus. VA sites in San Antonio and Phoenix each have more than 300 active cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, the sites with the most cases and deaths from the fast-spreading illness were located in New York and New Jersey. Currently, most of those locations have fewer than 10 active cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least 1,629 VA patients and 39 employees have died from complications related to coronavirus in the last four months. Nationally, more than 127,000 Americans have died from the illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The percent of fatal complications among VA patients who test positive for coronavirus has decreased slightly in recent weeks, dropping to around 7 percent. 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