Nearly 7,000 people have died of coronavirus in US nursing homes

[mystery-ak]

Nearly 7,000 people have died of coronavirus in US nursing homes
By J. Edward Moreno - 04/17/20 05:54 PM EDT

At least 6,900 people living in nursing homes in the U.S. have died of the coronavirus, according to The New York Times.

Data analyzed by USA Today earlier this week showed state agencies have reported more than 3,000 people have died in nursing homes across 37 states.

Data from the Times shows much more than that, revealing that about a fifth of deaths from the virus in the United States have been tied to nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.


“They’re death pits,” Betsy McCaughey, former lieutenant governor of New York who founded the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, told the Times. “These nursing homes are already overwhelmed. They’re crowded and they’re understaffed. One Covid-positive patient in a nursing home produces carnage.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/news/493411-nearly-7000-people-have-died-of-coronavirus-in-us-nursing-homes

[Smokin Joe]

I'd bet one COVID staffer is worse.