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Five nursing home residents die of COVID-19

By Bernard Schoenburg Aug 11, 2020 | 12:27 PM

Five residents of the Jacksonville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center have died of COVID-19 officials reported Monday.Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson said deaths at the nursing home included women ages 66, 86 and 103, and an 84-year-old man. The fifth victim was an 83-year-old woman who died at Memorial Medical Center. Dale Bainter, administrator of the Morgan County Public Health Department, said that woman also had been a resident of the Jacksonville home. […]

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