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BeyondGeography

(39,284 posts)
Tue May 5, 2020, 09:43 AM May 2020

Another 1,700 virus deaths reported in NY nursing homes

Source: AP

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is reporting more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as the state faces scrutiny over how it’s protected vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic.

At least 4,813 people have died from COVID-19 in the state’s nursing homes since March 1, according to a tally released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration late Monday that, for the first time, includes people believed to have been killed by the coronavirus before their diagnoses could be confirmed by a lab test.

Exactly how many nursing home residents have died remains uncertain despite the state’s latest disclosure, as the list doesn’t nursing home residents who were transferred to hospitals before dying.

The revised list shows that 22 nursing homes, largely in New York City and Long Island, have reported at least 40 deaths.


Read more: https://apnews.com/9250bebc02d185f9a8052aeca5b00080

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Another 1,700 virus deaths reported in NY nursing homes (Original Post) BeyondGeography May 2020 OP
There are primitive backwards cultures out there that value their elderly IronLionZion May 2020 #1
As an elderly person I have to virgogal May 2020 #4
Are you in a nursing home? IronLionZion May 2020 #5
Another 1,700 virus deaths reported in NY nursing homes Botany May 2020 #2
Whoa empedocles May 2020 #3
 

virgogal

(10,178 posts)
4. As an elderly person I have to
Tue May 5, 2020, 11:08 AM
May 2020

disagree with you.the elderly in this country are treated very well.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
5. Are you in a nursing home?
Tue May 5, 2020, 11:20 AM
May 2020

Some countries have taken strict measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 to protect their most vulnerable.

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