Deaths Rise to 7 in Virus Outbreak at Pediatric Center

A general look of the marquee outside of the Wanaque Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation, where New Jersey state Health Department confirmed the 18 cases of adenovirus, Oct. 23, 2018, in Haskell, N.J. AP Photo/Julio Cortez

TRENTON, N.J.—Another young person has died in a viral outbreak at a pediatric rehabilitation center, bringing the death toll to seven, officials said Oct. 24.

Most of those who died in the adenovirus outbreak were under 18, but at least one was a young adult, the state Health Department said. The seventh victim died Oct. 23, officials said.