The number of coronavirus cases from an outbreak at a Sheboygan senior living facility has increased.

The Sheboygan County Health Department earlier this week reported 10 confirmed cases related to Sunny Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. On April 7, the number of cases increased to 19.

Two Sunny Ridge patients passed away from complications related to the virus. Health officials say the deceased were in the 60-and-older age group.

On April 5, the Wisconsin National Guard responded to Sunny Ridge and set up a mobile testing site to collect COVID-19 specimens.

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About 30 soldiers and airmen responded to Sunny Ridge.

Staff members were tested in a drive-thru before the troops moved inside to gather samples from residents.

“The National Guard is coming in and helping us with the manpower, with both medics as well as decontamination,” said Libby Jacobs, with the Sheboygan County Department of Health and Human Services. “They’re staffed to help provide that testing and the coordination related to getting all of these residents and staff tested, as well as collecting specimens in a timely manner.”

Prevea Health President and CEO Dr. Ashok Rai discussed the outbreak at Sunny Ridge on Action 2 News This Morning. He called it a "nightmare situation."

"Our hearts go out to everybody in Sunny Ridge. That's a local community to us. We have clinics just right around the corner from there and a hospital right around the corner from there. This is a nightmare situation. You have a susceptible environment. Everybody can catch this virus and everybody will catch it very quickly if exposed to it. But then you put people who are at risk from dying from it--those who are over 60, those who have medical conditions, in other words your nursing home population--and then you put them in tight quarters and it spreads quickly," says Dr. Rai. "It truly is a nightmare situation. We're very thankful for the National Guard. We've asked employees to volunteer to be down there too. And some have stepped up to be able to do that to help that area. But it's really hard hit and it hasn't stopped yet. We're right at the beginning of what's going to happen at Sunny Ridge right now, with the two deaths, and unfortunately, we'll likely see more people become positive and those people are going to have a hard time fighting that infection."

Sheboygan County has reported 32 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Twelve people have recovered. One person is hospitalized as of April 7.

Health officials say 435 people have tested negative for COVID-19 in Sheboygan County.

Roughly 350 National Guard members were mobilized to state active duty after Gov. Tony Evers declared a public health emergency on March 12.

The Wisconsin National Guard has also sent troops to help staff at two state-run voluntary self-isolation facilities in Milwaukee and Madison, and another Milwaukee-run facility.

In addition, the Wisconsin National Guard is working with the Wisconsin Elections Commission in multiple ways, including distributing supplies such as wipes, hand sanitizer and spray bottles to polling sites.

Last month, six medics with the Wisconsin National Guard also helped the staff at a Grafton senior living facility while they dealt with a staffing shortfall following a COVID-19 outbreak there.

Members also helped the DHS move a group of Wisconsin citizens back to their homes after returning to the state from a cruise ship which had confirmed cases of COVID-19 onboard.