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At the beginning of May 2020, Elizaveta Oleskina, an employee of the Charity Fund "Starost v Radost" (Old Age in Joy), reported that there were cases of COVID-19 in nursing homes for elderly people in 20 Russian regions. [27] The number of the elderly or disabled people living in Russian nursing homes is estimated (as on 2020) about 280.000. [27]
There are more than 2,200 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, but the federal government isn't tracking them. More than 2,200 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, but federal government isn't ...
By April 25, the U.S. had more than 905,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 52,000 deaths, giving it a mortality rate around 5.7 percent. (In comparison, Spain's mortality rate was 10.2 percent and Italy's was 13.5 percent.) [87] [88] In April 2020, more than 10,000 American deaths had occurred in nursing homes.
The order further stated that "[n]o resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH [nursing home] solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19". [7] On May 10, 2020, Cuomo rescinded the previous order issued on March 25, which directed nursing homes to admit patients carrying COVID-19. [8]
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The New York governor changes the law to prevent hospitals from sending patients to nursing homes unless they test negative for COVID-19; David Lee Miller reports.
As the COVID-19 pandemic escalated, widespread anxiety grew and culminated in decreased desire and interest to pursue hospital-based care. [35] Consider the intense fear of a patient adamantly refusing to visit a health facility and resorting to recuperate from the comfort of their homes to avoid the COVID-19 anguish.
By March 27, New Jersey's state laboratory had run 28,043 coronavirus tests with 8,296 positive ones for a rate of 33.4%. At least one positive test had been found in 55 of the state's 375 nursing homes. [37] By April 18, 147,850 coronavirus tests had been performed in New Jersey, with a positivity rate of 45.14%. [58]