At least 127 elderly people out of the 163 residents of the Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Henrico county have tested positive for the new coronavirus in recent weeks, said its medical director Dr James Wright. Wright told media at a recent news conference: “It’s a battle that at times we feel like we're losing. The situation was made even worse by a severe shortage of personal protective equipment such as medical masks and gowns, he said. Nationally, more than 23,000 people have died from Covid-19 disease and more than 577,000 US residents have tested positive. One thing Wright blamed was the underfunding of publicly supported nursing homes, which tend to have few private rooms, chronic staff shortages and residents in living in tighter quarters.

Source: The Telegraph April 14, 2020 19:41 UTC