Nearly half of all deaths from the coronavirus in the United States have occurred at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according to new reports. The rate of cases to deaths from such facilities has been disproportionate: while only 11 percent of positive cases – around 282,000 – have occurred at nursing homes and long-term care facilities, about 43 percent of deaths – or 54,000 deaths – have come from the same, the New York Times reported. According to the data, the states with the highest number of deaths in nursing homes were New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania – all of which recorded more than 4,000 deaths in nursing homes. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGENursing home populations are at higher risk for infection and death from the coronavirus, experts have said. Early during the crisis, he required that nursing homes accept COVID-19 patients released from hospitals.

Source: Fox News June 28, 2020 18:00 UTC