Update May 30 2020

There were no new confirmed positive resident or employee cases for yesterday or today.  We have completed the weekly testing.
The Department of Health website today shows 71,415 total cases in the state.  Lancaster County has 3131.
We will continue with weekly calls and updates next week unless there are any changes to report tomorrow.

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