Staff and residents of Dadeville Healthcare Center have tested positive for COVID-19.
Twenty-three of the skilled nursing facility’s 94 residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which equates to 24%, according to Prime Management vice president of operations Brantley Newton.
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