Well in some glum news, particularly about the tragic toll Covid has taken on nursing homes, we've hit a new milestone. 100,000 people in nursing homes have died (combined staff & residents).
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'Bleak Milestone': More Than 100,000 Nursing Home Residents and Staff Killed by Pandemic
Forty percent of all Covid-19 deaths in the United States have occurred in long-term care facilities.
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As of the last week of November, Covid-19 has claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people who live and work in long-term care facilities in the United States, according tothe Kaiser Family Foundation's latest analysis of state-reported data.
The following chart depicts the growth in Covid-19 deaths among nursing home residents and staff in the U.S. since April. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), 40% of the nation's Covid-19 deaths have occurred in long-term care facilities.