A year ago it would have been inconceivable to imagine nursing homes without deaths from COVID-19 — but that’s nearly the reality.
Across long-term care facilities in 13 different states and Washington, D.C., there were nearly zero to no deaths reported from COVID-19 during the entire month of June, according to a report published Monday by Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit health care think-tank.
“ California, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, Montana, and Tennessee experienced a 100% average weekly decline in COVID-19 deaths in June 2021 compared to December ” Still, four states reported more weekly deaths on average from COVID-19 in June compared to prior months.
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