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16,000 active coronavirus cases. Only seven days into
the new year, January is already on pace to be the

agency’s deadlies month.

About 1,300 VA patients died of the virus in December,
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and the year ended with 6,500 dead VA patients. The

department has recorded about 600 deaths in January
with 24 days to go.

In addition, the VA has reported 13 employee deaths so TRENDING
far this month, bringing the total employee deaths to 104.

December was previously the deadlies month for Woman killed at US
Capitol was an Air
employees, with 16 deaths. Force veteran and
staunch Trump
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department is working to vaccinate its health care saf unique style

and mos vulnerable patients. The VA had adminisered
146,000 vaccines as of this week, including to 132,000 'Highly driven' Marine

health care workers and 14,000 veterans. The vaccines silent drill platoon
are being adminisered at 195 VA sites across the member shot and killed
while home on leave
country.

VA Secretary Robert Wilkie has praised the pace of his Sweeping veterans bill
becomes law,
agency’s eforts to vaccinate employees and veterans.
impacting 'every
corner' of the
“This is a massive undertaking that is happening at a community
rapid pace,” Wilkie said in a satement Tuesday.

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Other ofcials, though, have acknowledged that vaccine new coronavirus
disribution has gotten of to a sluggish sart. About 2 restrictions are likely to

million Americans received their frs dose of the afect US military

coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020, falling far short of communities
expectations that 20 million people would be vaccinated