US - Hospital group: COVID-19 Has Claimed the Lives of 100,000 Long-Term Care Residents and Staff - November 25, 2020

[sharon sanders]

COVID-19 Has Claimed the Lives of 100,000 Long-Term Care Residents and Staff


Priya Chidambaram, Rachel Garfield Follow @RachelLGarfield on Twitter, and Tricia Neuman Follow @tricia_neuman on Twitter

Nov 25, 2020

This week marks a bleak milestone in the pandemic’s effect on residents and staff in long-term care facilities across the country. According to our latest analysis of state-reported data, COVID-19 has claimed the lives of more than 100,000 long-term care facility residents and staff as of the last week in November. This finding comes at a time when public health experts are predicting a surge in cases after holiday gatherings and increased time indoors due to winter weather, which will have ripple effects on hospitals and nursing homes, given the close relationship between community spread and cases in congregate care settings. As the nation braces for the fallout of the holiday, recent data on deaths in long-term care facilities highlight the ongoing disproportionate impact on this high-risk population.

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