ABC News (8/10, Romero, Freger, Pecorin, Kim) reports that “even as death rates from the novel coronavirus have declined overall, nursing homes in the U.S.
have persisted as one of the deadliest environments in the pandemic, according to a new ABC News analysis.” Since March, facilities that provide long-term care “have been ravaged by the coronavirus and have accounted for roughly 40% of virus-related deaths, data” indicate.
The outlet “conducted an analysis of state-by-state reporting of positive cases and deaths in America’s nursing homes. And more than six months into the effort to fight the outbreak, those numbers show the virus continues to find pathways into nursing homes, accounting for at least 63,000 of the nation’s more than.