Governor Andrew Cuomo complained Sunday of the “political heat” that he has faced from coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, claiming that the facilities are now safer for older people than staying home. “In New York, we are number 46 in the nation in terms of the percentage of deaths in …
Read More »More than 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the US are nursing home-related: NYT
More than 40 percent of coronavirus deaths in the US are linked to nursing homes, according to data analyzed by the New York Times. At least 54,000 of the more than 125,500 confirmed coronavirus deaths in the US are residents and workers in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities …
Read More »Nearly half of COVID-19 deaths in the US are nursing home-related
Nearly half of the 124,000 people who died of coronavirus in the US worked or lived in a nursing home, according to a new death count at 12,000 facilities showing that people who get infected in nursing homes die three times as many of the general population rate. While 11 …
Read More »Officials say details on how to screen all Texas nursing home residents, staff are still being removed.
[ad_1] HOUSTON – There are approximately 80,000 residents of nursing homes in Texas and more than double the staff, according to officials with the Health and Human Services Commission. Governor Greg Abbott wants everyone at these facilities to be evaluated for COVID-19, but the trick is how exactly to accomplish …
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