Two residents of a Gallatin nursing home have died amid an outbreak of COVID-19 and more than 100 residents and staff members have tested positive for the virus.
Twenty-four residents were removed from the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing Friday night, one day after the nursing home revealed at least one patient had tested positive for coronavirus.
They were transferred to Sumner Regional Medical Center, where one man died– 80-year-old Homer Barr, a former fire captain.
An additional 17 residents were transported Saturday night. That’s when the state activated the National Guard to step in and test every patient in the facility, yielding an addition 59 positive cases Sunday.
Sumner Regional Medical Center announced the death of a second resident Sunday evening, as additional residents were being transported to the hospital from the facility.
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