1 dead, 5 hospitalized in Albany psychiatric center virus outbreak, union says
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Times Union staff photo by Michael P. Farrell Capital District Psychiatric Center on new Scotland Avenue in Albany , N.Y. Wednesday August 6, 2003.MICHAEL P. Farrell
ALBANY One patient died and five others were hospitalized after a coronavirus outbreak at the Capital District Psychiatric Center, according to one of the unions that represents employees at the state-run facility.
Overall, 18 patients in the facility s geriatric unit have tested positive for the virus, according to a spokesman for the Public Employees Federation.
The disclosure is the first to describe the scope of an outbreak in a unit the state has placed in quarantine to stop the spread of the virus.
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