Nine nuns have died of COVID-19 cases at a New York convent in just over a month, county officials said
Albany County is aware of the deaths of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Latham, County spokeswoman Mary Rozak said in an emailed 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,” Whalen said in a 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 in St. Joseph.
The monastery houses 140 nuns, according to its website.
A spokeswoman for the monastery, Sister Mary Rose Noonan, was not prepared to issue a statement, according to Mary DeTurris Poust, a spokeswoman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany.