76 residents, staff of Wayne County nursing home recover from coronavirus

WAYNE, W.Va. — Seventy-six people associated with the Wayne Nursing & Rehabilitation Center have recovered from the coronavirus.

Thirty-eight patients and 38 employees that previously tested positive have recovered. The test of one employee remains pending, and the person is in quarantine at home. Nine patients died.

The nursing home said Friday it had acquired enough testing kits to test all employees and patients in April.





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