Statewide, one out of every 12 nursing home residents has tested positive for the disease, analysis

Statewide, one out of every 12 nursing home residents has tested positive for the disease, analysis shows


One out of every 12 Connecticut nursing homes has a COVID-19 infection rate of at least 25%, a CTMirror analysis of state data shows. In three homes, more than half of the residents have the coronavirus.

Statewide, among Connecticut’s 213 nursing homes, one out of every 12 residents has tested positive for the disease, while one out of every 55 has died. One out of every 30 nursing homes has had at least 10% of its residents die.

Thursday evening, amid mounting calls for transparency, the state released the infection and death counts for each nursing home in Connecticut. But it did not disclose the number of occupied beds at each home, which meant it was unclear what percentage of their residents are sick or have died. Instead, state officials released the number of licensed beds at each facility.

However, Connecticut nursing homes are, on average, about 88% occupied, according to state data, though that number has fallen since the coronavirus outbreak due to a number of factors, such as a reduction in non-COVID-19 related procedures at hospitals that require rehabilitation at nursing homes.

Read more: https://ctmirror.org/2020/04/17/state-nursing-homes-have-covid-19-infection-rates-of-as-high-as-61/