Nursing homes in New Jersey battle COVID-19 surge as hospitalizations and deaths caused by new variants jump across the US
New Jersey's nursing homes are battling COVID-19 once again as new variants spread through the US.
One in every four facilities has reported an outbreak over the past week, according to state data.
The surge comes with both hospitalizations and deaths from the virus steadily rising.
In New Jersey, elderly people are coming under threat from COVID-19 once again as new variants spread across the US.
One out of every four nursing homes and assisted living facilities there reported outbreaks of the virus last week, according to state health department data.
The latest figures show that 158 nursing homes are battling COVID-19 outbreaks across New Jersey, leading to 1,861 cases and 15 deaths among residents and staff.
On Friday, the Biden administration pledged to bring in new laws to prevent chronic understaffing in nursing homes.
A fact sheet on its proposed changes said that over 200,000 nursing home residents and workers had died from COVID-19, making up about one-fifth of the US's total death toll.
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