Coronavirus kills 70 veterans at Massachusetts care home

Nearly 70 veterans have died of the coronavirus in a Massachusetts veterans care home — the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the US.

So far 68 of the aging residents who recently died at the state-run Holyoke Soldiers’ Home have tested positive for COVID-19, with at least one other death potentially linked to the contagion, officials say.

Another 82 residents and 81 employees have tested positive — with a new death coming almost every day, according to the Boston Globe.

“It’s horrific,” said Edward Lapointe, whose father-in-law lives at the home and had a mild case of the virus. “These guys never had a chance.”

The first veteran died of the disease in late March, when there were 226 residents living at the eldercare facility, the Globe said — making the death toll 30 percent.

The crisis has been “mostly contained,” nurse Joan Miller said — but only because so few residents remain, with just 106 veterans there as of Monday.

The death toll at the home appears to be the largest at a long-term care facility in the United States, experts told the Associated Press.