A total of 32 residents of two Jewish assisted living facilities in Massachusetts that are part of the same nonprofit umbrella group have passed away from the coronavirus and dozens of residents and staff members are ill with the virus, a JTA report said.

Chelsea Jewish Life Care, which has three facilities in Boston, suffered 11 fatalities and JGS Lifecare in Longmeadow, a suburb of Springfield had 21 fatalities.

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been struck hard by the coronavirus throughout the world.

In Israel, 52 out of 141 coronavirus fatalities were residents of nursing homes or assisted living facilities and there have been outbreaks of the coronavirus at various senior facilities throughout the country.

On Thursday, 29 elderly residents of an Ashkelon nursing home tested positive for the virus and 22 residents of the Beit Hadar nursing home in Ashdod were confirmed to be ill with the coronavirus.

In the Netherlands, at least 15 residents of the Beth Shalom Jewish nursing home in Amsterdam died of the coronavirus and at least another 22 have tested positive for the virus as of a week ago, another JTA report said.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)