2500 + nursing homes battling coronavirus in the U.S - 20,000 dead nationwide - 36,000 + residents and staff infected

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More Than 400 Long-Term Care Facilities in US Have Coronavirus Cases

Signs from multiple states point to a rapid increase in cases in nursing homes


There are now more than 400 long-term care facilities nationwide with residents who are infected with coronavirus cases, an increase of 172 percent from 146 on Monday, March 23, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Signs from multiple states point to a rapid increase in cases in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

On Friday, a Washington state official told NBC News there were 53 facilities with cases....
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...s-400-n1172516

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Nursing home leaders outline possible sites dedicated to coronavirus-positive residents

• COVID-19
• by JENNA CARLESSO
• MARCH 30, 2020
• Nursing home leaders have outlined several facilities where people who have contracted coronavirus could go.

Nursing home leaders have proposed at least nine facilities where residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 could be moved to avoid spreading the disease to the rest of the population.

The facilities, some of which are vacant buildings, would provide about 1,000 beds for people who have tested positive for the virus. Those facilities would take in those ill residents from existing nursing homes and assisted living centers, as well as hospitals.

Nursing home operators have suggested moving healthy residents out of buildings where others have tested positive. Those buildings would then become facilities dedicated to COVID-19-positive residents. The healthy residents would be re-routed to nursing homes where others have tested negative for coronavirus.

Matthew Barrett, head of the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities, also sent a list of vacant or recently shuttered..https://ctmirror.org/2020/03/30/nurs...ive-residents/

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Another Person Dies and More COVID-19 Cases Reported at Senior Living Facilities in Dallas

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said another resident from Edgemere Senior Living has died and there are now 14 cases of COVID-19 at Skyline Nursing Center

By Sophia Beausoleil and Sophia Beausoleil • Published 5 mins ago •
Less than 24 hours after announcing clusters of COVID-19 cases at senior living facilities, Monday afternoon Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said more cases have popped up.

Currently four people, including an employee, have tested positive for COVID-19 at Edgemere Senior Living, two of those residents have died.

At Skyline Living Center in Oak Cliff, 10 more people have tested positive, making the total 14...https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/an...allas/2342183/

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18 positive COVID-19 cases being reported at Kansas nursing home

BURLINGTON, Kan. – Eighteen people at a Kansas nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus COVID-19, according to a spokesperson.

The executive director of the Life Care Center said they learned about the first case in Burlington, Kansas, located a little over an hour south of Topeka, last Thursday. Now 11 residents and seven staff members are sick.

KSNT-TV reports some of the residents are in the hospital and others are being isolated in the nursing home.

The state’s official numbers only show 10 cases in Coffey County where that facility is located. KDHE only updates their numbers once a day.

It is also unknown where those seven staff members live because the nursing home won’t release that information.

Fox4 (Kansas City) - https://bit.ly/2ygwKzL

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11 residents dead at Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke; at least 5 had coronavirus

"The loss of these residents to COVID-19 is a shuddering loss for us all."

By

The Boston Globe
updated on March 30, 2020

The superintendent of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke was removed from his duties Monday after the recent deaths of 11 veterans at the home — including five who tested positive for the novel coronavirus and another five whose test results are forthcoming, according to state officials.

In addition to the 11 recent deaths, another 11 surviving residents of the Soldiers’ Home have tested positive for COVID-19, as have five staff members, according to the state Department of Veterans Services. Another 25 veterans living at the home are awaiting results...https://www.boston.com/news/local-ne...me-coronavirus

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18 COVID-19 cases linked to Coffey Co. nursing home

(WIBW) - Health officials say more than a dozen positive COVID-19 cases are linked to a nursing home in Coffey County.

The Life Care Center of Burlington is at the center of the outbreak.

The Coffey Co. Health Dept. says six new positive tests came in Monday, including a 39-year-old woman. The other cases are in people ages 77 to 90.

The first eight cases linked to the facility came in last week, with patients ranging in age from 20 to 90.

"We know that the containment of this infection is very difficult in care facilities," Coffey Co. Health Dept. Administrator Lindsay Payer said.

Lyon Co. Health officials confirm three more cases associated with the facility are in people from Lyon county.

In a statement Monday night to the Kansas City Star, the nursing home's director said they have at least 18 cases, involving 11 residents and seven workers. She said the workers are recovering at home.

It is not known in which county the person with the additional case resides.

Life Care Center is owned by the same company that owns a Wyandotte Co. facility where a resident died from COVID-19, and a Seattle facility that saw several deaths from coronavirus.

WIBW TV - https://bit.ly/2JvT4rv

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11 Los Angeles County Nursing Homes Confirm Coronavirus Outbreaks

Health care officials report that 11 nursing homes across Los Angeles county have confirmed coronavirus outbreaks.

By Charles Woodman, Patch Staff

Mar 31, 2020 10:20 am
The county says any facility with three or more coronavirus patients is suffering an outbreak. (Shutterstock)LOS ANGELES COUNTY — Officials with Los Angeles County are responding to coronavirus outbreaks at 11 separate nursing homes. The county has named all the homes, which include the Alameda Care Center in Burbank, Silverado Beverly Place in Los Angeles and Kensington Assisted Living in Redondo Beach.

On Friday, the county was reporting just three nursing home outbreaks, meaning the number of outbreaks in homes grew almost four times over four days. Officials consider an outbreak to be any location or facility that has three or more confirmed coronavirus cases. They are also investigating several additional nursing homes that are reporting just one or two cases of the virus....https://patch.com/california/los-ang...irus-outbreaks

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10 Nursing Homes in Colorado Have COVID-19 Outbreaks

March 31, 2020

The Colorado Department of Health has released the names and locations of nine of the 10 nursing homes and long-term care facilities that are facing outbreaks of COVID-19 in response to a public records request filed by The Denver Post.

The facilities include two each in Weld and Larimer counties, and one each in El Paso, Chaffee, Arapahoe, Adams and Jefferson counties. The name and location of the 10th facility has not been released....https://www.insurancejournal.com/new.../31/562880.htm

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51 residents, 6 staff at Yucaipa nursing home test positive for coronavirus

By SANDRA EMERSON | semerson@scng.com |
UPDATED: March 31, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

Fifty-one residents and six employees at a Yucaipa nursing home have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and two residents have died, San Bernardino County public health officials said Tuesday afternoon, March 31.

Seventy-nine specimens were collected from residents and staff at Cedar Mountain Post Acute Rehabilitation, Trudy Raymundo, county public health director, said during a news conference outside Yucaipa City Hall.

“There are still some specimens remaining to be processed and results are still pending,” Raymundo said. “But we have talked to the folks at Cedar Mountain and we have let them know to assume at this point that everyone is positive and to take appropriate measures....https://www.pe.com/2020/03/31/51-res...r-coronavirus/

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Coronavirus death toll at Maryland nursing home rises to 5


BY JULIA BOCCAGNO

MARCH 31, 2020 / 7:51 PM / CBS NEWS
Mount Airy, Maryland — Five residents of a Maryland nursing home have died as a result of coronavirus, local officials announced Tuesday. All of the individuals who died were aged 60 or older, while at least two were described by officials as having underlying health conditions.

A recent outbreak at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Mount Airy, Maryland — located about 40 miles outside the nation's capital — caused 77 of the facility's residents to test positive for coronavirus, pushing Maryland's total number of COVID-19 cases beyond 1,600, according to data released by the state.

Eighteen of the nursing home's 95 residents tested negative for the virus, according to officials. As of Tuesday, all resident tests have been reported.....https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronav...-5-2020-03-31/

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Health department investigating multiple COVID-19 cases at Parma nursing home


Posted: 8:03 PM, Mar 31, 2020

By: Courtney Shaw


PARMA, Ohio — The Cuyahoga County Health Department is investigating a cluster of COVID-19 cases at a Parma nursing home.

Patients and staff at Manor Care Parma are being screened for the virus and tested...https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/...a-nursing-home

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23 Positive so far

Massachusetts officials race to contain coronavirus outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home

By LISA KASHINSKY | lkashinsky@bostonherald.com and STEFAN GELLER | sgeller@bostonherald.com |
March 31, 2020 at 8:54 p.m.

The state is racing to contain a coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home that turned deadly last week and spread unbeknownst to both the governor and the city’s mayor — plunging families into mourning and leaving plenty more scrambling for answers.

Thirteen veterans had died as of Tuesday afternoon. Six of them tested positive for COVID-19, one tested negative, five are pending results and one is unknown, state officials said.

“It’s so scary. It’s horrible,” said Kimberly Ryan, of West Springfield, whose 86-year-old grandfather, Walter Downing, lives at the home.

State officials said Tuesday another 10 veterans and seven staff members at the state-run facility have tested positive for the virus, with 25 more veterans’ results pending...https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/03...soldiers-home/

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41 COVID-19 cases at one Henrico facility


Posted: 2:46 PM, Mar 31, 2020

Updated: 3:30 PM, Mar 31, 2020
By: Scott Wise
RICHMOND, Va. -- More than 40 residents of Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare in Henrico have tested positive for COVID-19, according to managers at the facility. Twenty-two of the 41 positive test results were reported over the past four days.

"It is with heavy hearts that we report the virus has claimed the lives of seven total Canterbury residents with confirmed COVID-19 diagnoses," a statement from the center read. "Two additional resident deaths are thought to be COVID-19 related."
Thirty-two patients are receiving treatment either at a regional hospital or at Canterbury.

"Our hearts go out to the families of those who have passed, and we deeply feel the loss within our community," Jeremiah Davis, Administrator, Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, said in a statement. "We have moved forward into testing all Canterbury staff and patients for COVID-19. We also are continually monitoring all Canterbury residents for COVID-19 symptoms, along with daily employee screenings. Those employees with respiratory symptoms or fever are prohibited from entering the facility."

Henrico County has reported 62 positive COVID-19 cases within the county, 41 cases located within this one facility....https://www.wtvr.com/news/coronaviru...nrico-facility

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4 COVID-19 Cases At Levindale Facility In Baltimore As More Area Nursing Homes Report Cases

By Rachael Cardin
April 1, 2020 at 3:20 pm
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There are now four COVID-19 cases at the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center & Hospital in Baltimore, a statement from LifeBridge Health confirmed Wednesday.

Three cases were originally confirmed by the Baltimore City Health Commissioner earlier Wednesday morning. LifeBridge Health said there are four confirmed cases, one is a patient in the specialty hospital and three are on their sub-acute rehab unit. A staffer also tested positive and is recovering at home in quarantine.

They said there are no confirmed COVID-19 cases in residents of the long-term care facility.

“Levindale is a unique facility that offers several types of care, including a long-term residential care facility, sub-acute rehabilitation and a specialty hospital, which includes a high-intensity care unit,” LifeBridge said in a statement....https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/...ltimore-cases/

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California nursing home has more than 50 residents infected with coronavirus — a troubling development amid cautious optimism that cases in the state might peak more slowly than expected.

Cedar Mountain Post Acute Rehabilitation in Yucaipa has been told to assume that all of its patients have covid-19, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health Director Trudy Raymundo said. As of Tuesday, 51 residents and six staff members had tested positive. Two patients have died.

The nursing home east of Los Angeles isn’t accepting new residents, and the facility has been closed to visitors under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order, Raymundo said.

The announcement came as Newsom said extraordinary efforts to keep people home have bought time needed to prepare for an expected surge of cases in coming weeks. He said the slower-than-forecast increase in cases means the peak is now likely to occur in May.

“To be truthful and candid, the current modeling is on the lower end of our projection as I talk to you today,” Newsom said Tuesday. “Very easily tomorrow I could say something differently, and that’s why one just has to be very cautious about this.”...https://triblive.com/news/world/more...attlefield-be/