A state report finds 19 of New York’s nursing homes have had at least 20 deaths linked to the coronavirus pandemic. One Brooklyn home was listed as having 55 deaths. Four homes, in the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island, were listed as having more than 40.
ALBANY, N.Y. — The despair wrought on nursing homes by the coronavirus was laid bare Friday in a state report identifying numerous New York facilities where multiple patients died over the past few weeks.
The report’s release came after days of news media reports about homes so stricken by the virus that bodies had to be stacked inside storage rooms while families struggled to get information about isolated loved-ones. Until this week, officials in several states had declined to identify nursing homes with deadly outbreaks, saying patients deserved privacy or citing challenges in determining whether some extremely frail patients had died of the virus, or other causes.
With visitors barred from nursing homes to try to keep the infection out, many of those patients have died with only the facility’s workers to comfort them.Nursing homes have been known since the earliest days of the outbreak as a likely trouble spot. A home in Washington state lost 43 residents early in the virus’s spread into the country.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Cuomo: NY to contact nursing homes and facilities to find untested COVID-19 victimsDuring a press conference, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo mentions New York State will now talk to local departments of health to meet new CDC guidance to find people who died of COVID-19 symptoms but couldn’t be tested.
Read more »
AP Interview: Governor says Brazil has 'Bolsonaro-virus'The governor of the Brazilian state at the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak is done keeping quiet about his disagreements with the president. He says he and other governors are fighting not just the coronavirus but the “Bolsonaro-virus.”
Read more »
Spain's virus death toll passes 19,000 – latest updatesThe coronavirus disease has infected almost 2.1 million people and killed more than 134,000 globally since it first emerged in China's Wuhan. Here are the latest updates for April 16:
Read more »
China says nearly 1,300 virus deaths not counted in Wuhan, cites early lapsesNearly 1,300 people who died of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, or half the total, were not counted in death tolls because of lapses, state media said on Friday, but Beijing dismissed claims that there had been any kind of cover-up.
Read more »
Virus patients face mass hospital billsWendell Potter, fmr. health insurance executive, on the issue of paying for COVID-19 treatment: “You’ve got people who undoubtedly are going to be carrying the virus, not going to the doctor for fear of getting high medical bills.”
Read more »
VIRUS DIARY: In South Korea, a daughter's worry and a testSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — I’ve always thought I would be prepared to face my mom’s death. I grew up watching her go through a series of illnesses and a medical accident that almost took her life a...
Read more »