(CNN) At least 24 veterans have died of Covid-19 and more than 80 have been infected since an outbreak last month at Kentucky's Thomson-Hood Veterans Center, the state's governor said Friday. And as community infections began to soar again at the beginning of fall, the number of cases within those facilities' walls climbed as well. 'I hope ... we can do better by them'The Kentucky veterans center was able to avoid an outbreak for months, screening employees and veterans daily since March and conducting immediate testing for anyone who was showing symptoms. "It started with three veterans and seven staff members, which quickly turned into a larger outbreak," the governor said earlier this week. State reports record number of casesThe governor reported Friday a record number of new cases with more than 3,170 infections.

Source: CNN November 14, 2020 10:11 UTC