NEW YORK (AP)– More than 3,600 deaths nationwide have been linked to coronavirus break outs in retirement home and long-lasting care facilities, an alarming rise in simply the past two weeks, according to the current count by The Associated Press.
A client is evacuated from the Magnolia Rehab and Nursing Center in Riverside, Calif., Wednesday, April 8,2020 More than 80 patients from a Riverside competent nursing facility are being evacuated this morning to other health care locations throughout Riverside County, Calif. (Source: AP Photo/Chris Carlson/AP).
Because the federal government has not been releasing a count of its own, the AP has actually kept its own running tally based on media reports and state health departments. The current count of at least 3,621 deaths is up from about 450 deaths just 10 days earlier.
However the true toll amongst the 1 million primarily frail and senior people who live in such centers is likely much greater, professionals state, due to the fact that a lot of state counts do not consist of those who passed away without ever being tested for COVID-19
Break outs in just the previous few weeks have actually consisted of one at a nursing