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Loch Raven Center Turns Into Coronavirus-Only Care Center

The Loch Raven Center will only have patients with the new coronavirus starting Monday.

As of Friday, 70 residents and 18 staff members at the Loch Raven Center had tested positive for COVID-19. Four residents have died.
As of Friday, 70 residents and 18 staff members at the Loch Raven Center had tested positive for COVID-19. Four residents have died. (WJZ)

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — A rehabilitation and long-term care facility in Baltimore County is temporarily becoming a care center exclusively for coronavirus patients. In a statement, Loch Raven Center said it will begin discharging current patients to their homes or other facilities before beginning to accept coronavirus patients on Monday.

"The decision to transition Loch Raven Center to a COVID+ only building is proactive and will be very beneficial for the many people that will need dedicated nursing home care recovering from this illness,” Dr. Morgan Katz with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said in the statement.

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