68 died from COVID-19 at veterans' nursing home in U.S.

A total of 68 people has died from the COVID-19 outbreak in a veterans' nursing home in Massachusetts, United States, according to local media.

The outbreak at the nursing home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, began as early as March 30, according to the report. 

Local authorities have begun an investigation, and the director of the nursing home has been suspended.

The COVID-19 outbreak has recently been reported in long-term care facilities across the U.S., and it has killed more than 10,000 people in these facilities nationwide, according to statistics previously published by the Wall Street journal.