ABC News (4/24, Pecorin, Park, Mosk, Freger) reports that “the number of nursing home residents who have succumbed to the novel coronavirus in the United States has surpassed 10,000, a new survey of state data compiled by ABC News has found.” The “surge in deaths, accounting for about 20% of all coronavirus fatalities in the nation, comes as nursing homes across the country continue to struggle for effective strategies to fight the virus, which can quickly overwhelm the communal settings once it enters.” CMS Administrator Seema Verma “told ABC News in an interview Thursday that she believes the administration has had a ‘very strong response’ to the crisis.” She said, “Our administration has acted very early on to make sure that we’re doing.