Nearly half of all COVID-related deaths directly tied to nursing homes: Report
Facilities constitute only 11% of all coronavirus cases
By WND News ServicesPublished June 28, 2020 at 12:42pm
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More than 50,000 people have died from coronavirus-related illness at the country’s nursing homes for older adults, The New York Times reported Saturday.
The Times’s database collected data showing that coronavirus, or COVID-19, has infected more than 282,000 people at 12,000 facilities. Total deaths from such long-term facilities constitute roughly 43% of all COVID-19-related deaths, the paper reported.
Nursing homes constitute only 11% of all COVID-19 cases even though they account for nearly half of all deaths, data show.
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