VA
11 have died from virus at northern Virginia care facility
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
43 minutes ago
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A coronavirus outbreak at a northern Virginia long-term care facility has resulted in 11 deaths and dozens of illnesses over the past month.
The outbreak at Dulles Health and Rehab Center in Herndon began with a positive test for the coronavirus March 28, said Jeannie Adams, director of legal services for Commonwealth Care of Roanoke, which provides management and consulting services to the Herndon facility.
Since then, there have been 63 positive test results of patients at the facility. Of those, 47 are still receiving care there.
Adams said Wednesday that 19 staff members have also tested positive...
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TN
Unified-Command Releases New Data, Special Report on Nursing Homes
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | 01:49pm
Nashville, Tenn. — Today, Tennessee’s COVID-19 Unified-Command Group released new data on COVID-19 in the state’s long-term care facilities and outlined its action plan on how to prevent further cases and mitigate existing clusters within these facilities. Starting today, the Tennessee Department of Health will report the number of confirmed cases and COVID-19-related fatalities in all long-term care facilities across the state. The Department’s website will be updated every Friday at 2 p.m. CDT to provide this data.
Someone pointed out on a different site.
March 22, we had 509 total cv deaths
Today, one month later, 47,659.