271 coronavirus deaths could have been prevented by removing 4-bed care rooms, study suggests
novel coronavirus could have been prevented at Ontario nursing homes if residents were placed in two-bed rooms instead of four-bed rooms, according to a new study.The study from researchers at University of Toronto, McMaster University and Public Health Ontario found residents in more crowded facilities were twice as likely to get infected and die from the virus.“We are confronting it now because of the scale of the deaths.”While more crowded rooms didn’t affect whether a long-term care home had an outbreak, the study found the spread of the virus was higher in four-bed rooms, with a 9.7 per cent infection rate versus 4.5 per cent in the least crowded.Deaths were 2.7 per cent and 1.3 per cent respectively, according to the study, which has.
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