Nine nuns died of COVID-19-related causes at a convent in upstate New York in just over a month, county officials said
Albany County is aware of the deaths among the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Latham, County spokeswoman Mary Rozak said in an e-mailed statement to the Times Union on behalf of County Health Commissioner Elizabeth Whalen.
“Four of the deaths associated with the congregation were reported earlier this month by hospitals,” said Whalen in the statement. “The other five were not reported to the Albany County Health Department by the unit.”
WNYT-TV reported on December 11 that 22 sisters tested positive for coronavirus at St. Joseph’s.
The convent is home to 140 nuns, according to its website.
A convent spokeswoman, Sister Mary Rose Noonan, was not ready to make a statement, according to Mary DeTurris Poust, spokeswoman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany.