One-Third of All U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Are Nursing Home Residents or Workers

At least 28,100 residents and workers have died from the coronavirus at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities for older adults in the United States, according to a New York Times database. The virus so far has infected more than 153,000 at some 7,700 facilities.

 

Nursing home populations are at a high risk of being infected by — and dying from — the coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, is known to be particularly lethal to older adults with underlying health conditions, and can spread more easily through congregate facilities, where many people live in a confined environment and workers move from room to room.

While just 11 percent of the country’s cases have occurred in long-term care facilities, deaths related to Covid-19 in these facilities account for more than a third of the country’s pandemic fatalities.

In the absence of comprehensive data from some states and the federal government, The Times has been assembling its own database of coronavirus cases and deaths at long-term care facilities for older adults. These include nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, memory care facilities, retirement and senior communities and rehabilitation facilities.

Some states, including Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey and South Carolina, regularly release cumulative data on cases and deaths at specific facilities. California, Massachusetts, Michigan and Ohio, among others, provide some details on the number of cases — but not on deaths. Others report aggregate totals for their state but provide no information on where the infections or deaths have occurred. About a dozen report very little or nothing at all.

The share of deaths tied to long-term care facilities for older adults is even more stark at the state level. In 14 states, the number of residents and workers who have died accounts for more than half of all deaths from the virus.

The Times’s numbers are based on official confirmations from states, counties and the facilities themselves. They include residents and, in cases where reporting is available, employees of the facilities. Given the wide variability in the type of information available, the totals shown here almost certainly represent an undercount of the true toll.

Based on The Times’s analysis, some 850 of the country’s 3,100 counties have at least one coronavirus case related to a long-term care facility for older adults.

Hover over each county to see the number of coronavirus cases at long-term care facilities, as well as the total number of cases in that county.

Note: Not all states report facility-level data.

The New York Times is tracking the coronavirus at nursing homes and long-term care centers. Do you or a family member live or work in one of these facilities? If so, we’d like to hear from you.

Here is a list of cases and deaths at long-term care facilities that have had at least 50 cases. We update the numbers as we are able to confirm them with state, county and facility officials.

Cases and deaths, by facility

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NAME	LOCATION	CASES▼	DEATHS
Paramus Veterans Memorial Home	Paramus, N.J.	264	71
Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center II	Andover, N.J.	189	55
The Harborage nursing home	North Bergen, N.J.	182	31
Christian Health Care Center	Wyckoff, N.J.	176	45
Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke veterans center and hospital	Holyoke, Mass.	161	73
Cranford Rehab and Nursing Center	Cranford, N.J.	151	49
Oakland Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center	Oakland, N.J.	141	41
Orchard View Manor nursing home	East Providence, R.I.	140	40
Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare	Richmond, Va.	136	50
HudsonView Center for Rehab and Healthcare	North Bergen, N.J.	134	34
Riverbend Post Acute Rehabilitation	Kansas City, Kan.	132	36
Saint Therese of New Hope nursing home	New Hope, Minn.	130	47
Sagepoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	La Plata, Md.	129	35
Life Care Center	Kirkland, Wash.	128	45
Cherry Creek Nursing Center	Aurora, Colo.	124	30
Abbott Terrace Health Center	Waterbury, Conn.	121	38
Atrium Post Acute Care	Wayne, N.J.	117	33
Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center	East Hartford, Conn.	104	47
Kimberly Hall North nursing facility	Windsor, Conn.	85	35
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation	Queens, N.Y.	75	75

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Note: States frequently revise numbers down to correct errors and fix other problems.

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Source : https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/09/us/coronavirus-cases-nursing-homes-us.html