U.S. nursing home deaths soar past 2,700 in alarming surge
The latest count of at least 2,755 deaths is up from about 450 deaths just 10 days ago.
By
BERNARD CONDON and RANDY HERSCHAFT,
AP
April 12, 2020 | 3:40 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 2,700 deaths nationwide have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, an alarming rise in just the past two weeks, according to the latest count by The Associated Press.
Because the federal government has not been releasing a count of its own, the AP has kept its own running tally based on media reports and state health departments. The latest count of at least 2,755 deaths is up from about 450 deaths just 10 days ago.
But the true toll among the 1 million mostly frail and elderly people who live in such facilities is likely much higher, experts say, because most state counts don’t include those who died without ever being tested for COVID-19
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Southwest Florida grapples with high mortality, nursing home spread with COVID-19
Rural and suburban regions have paid a steep price in lives.
By
Jacob Ogles
on
April 12, 2020
Reported cases of coronavirus brought evidence of further spread in Manatee County’s nursing homes. That came as the Southwest Florida region saw continued loss of life in both populated and rural areas.
As of Friday, multiple residents of the Braden River Rehabilitation Center has contracted the coronavirus, according to the Bradenton Herald.
A total of 731 cases in Florida are tied to long-term care facilities
Thanks for posting that Lil !
What a national disgrace. Allow me to question just a few of the ways our national disease control centers, with multibillion dollar budgets, have let us down.
Why isn't standard reporting procedures and the means to submit this very vital data already in place?! What have agencies entrusted with our national healthcare been doing all this time?! Why can't the information be made available to everyone with access to the internet?! Why does the CDC charge $6,000 for the data they do have and a written proposal for its use?! Why did our government give over $3,000,000 to researchers in China, for basically tinkering with dangerous biological agents?! Why did our government agencies tell the American people that respirator masks were not effective, knowing full well they are very effective in fighting the spread of diseases?!