No additional staffers or residents of Westmoreland Manor have tested positive for coronavirus since last month, so in-person visitation at the county-owned nursing home in Hempfield could begin in two weeks, officials said Monday.

In-person outdoor visits were suspended in late July, the same week they started, when officials learned a staff member tested positive for the virus. That employee had not been in the Manor after July 25 and had no direct contact with residents, officials said.

County Solicitor Melissa Guiddy confirmed the Manor renewed its reopening plan and the first phase allows for residents to meet with family members through a window on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

“Outdoor visitation remains suspended. However, window visits are permissible for 14 days before moving to Step 2, provided that there are no additional positive cases,” Guiddy said.

The second phase of the plan calls for in-person visits held outside under a tent, set to resume Aug. 31, Guiddy said.

Two administrators and one additional employee at the Manor tested positive for covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in March. A private nurse contracted to work at the Manor tested positive this spring but was not in the facility prior to learning that result.

County Commissioner Doug Chew said testing of staff and residents over the last month found no additional positive cases.

“I am very happy our families will be able to see their loved ones,” Chew said of the resumption of visitation at the 400-bed facility.

Nursing and personal care homes have been an epicenter of coronavirus outbreaks both nationally and in Pennsylvania. There are 20,413 care home resident cases of covid-19, and 4,244 cases among employees, for a total of 24,657 at 895 distinct facilities in 61 counties. Out of the state’s total deaths, 5,059 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities.

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