EFFINGHAM — The outbreak of 27 COVID-19 cases at Green Mountain Treatment Center, a drug rehab facility in Effingham, has apparently doubled in size since it was first reported two weeks ago.
Meanwhile, a whistleblower has told the Sun that clients who tested positive for the coronavirus have been staying in a hotel in North Conway. This was also part of a bombshell NHPR report that Green Mountain has refuted.
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