Experts say the lack of tracking and transparency has been a major blind spot.
Because the federal government has not been releasing a count, The Associated Press has been keeping its own running tally based on media reports and state health departments. The AP’s latest count of at least 4,485 deaths is up from about 450 just two weeks ago.
Many individual states have added to the lack of transparency by releasing only totals of infections and deaths and not details about specific outbreaks. Foremost among them is the nation’s leader, New York, which accounts for more than 2,477 nursing home deaths — about 20% of the state’s entire death total — but has so far refused to detail specific outbreaks, citing privacy concerns.
“It’s just scandalous not to tell the public which facilities have the virus,” said Charlene Harrington, a professor emerita at the University of California San Francisco and former state health official. “Even some staff members don’t know. They’re hiding it because it’s bad for business and it’s just horrible.
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