Chris White
Tech Reporter
June 28, 2020 12:22 PM ET
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.
The Times compiled a database of coronavirus cases and deaths at nursing homes in the absence of comprehensive information from states. Some states regularly collect and release data on cases and deaths at nursing homes, as well as assisted-living facilities.
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https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/28/covid-nursing-homes-pandemic-deaths/
