Latest "VA medical facilities" stories
Twenty medical centers will serve as lead sites for broader efforts to reopen the entire VA system.
But the number of active cases of the virus among patients has steadily declined since the start of May.
More than 1,300 staffers have contracted the fast-spreading virus since early March.
More than 800 patients in the department's care have died from the virus since early March.
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