“It’s scary for everybody — for the residents and for the staff,” Mr. Gottheimer stated. “What is surprising to me is how many are dying in house, versus the hospital.”

The nursing dwelling has advised native well being officers that they’re housing sick sufferers on separate wings or flooring, Chief Danielson stated. And native residents have been gathering provides to donate to the nursing dwelling.

The ladies stated the ability supplied no method for them to speak with their mom, who had dementia, and supplied relations no info. Their mom was by no means examined for the coronavirus.

“Her death was inevitable,” stated one daughter, Lee Repasch. “But she was a vulnerable woman with dementia. It was inevitable, but it didn’t need to be like this.”

A lot of the state’s nursing properties have reported at least one case of the coronavirus, which as of Wednesday had contaminated 6,815 sufferers of lengthy-time period care amenities in New Jersey. At the least 45 of the 351 coronavirus-associated deaths introduced on Wednesday had been residents of lengthy-time period care amenities.

Gov. Philip D. Murphy stated that when the specter of the pandemic passes, New Jersey should take a tough look at what went incorrect.

“It’s pretty clear that a big weakness in the system, and in reality, is long-term care facilities,” he stated.

13 of the our bodies found on Monday at the Andover facility had been moved to a refrigerated truck exterior a hospital in close by Newton, Chief Danielson stated. A funeral dwelling had made preparations to choose up the opposite 4.