New Tally Adds 16,000 Nursing Home Residents Lost to COVID

A new study suggests COVID-19 in U.S. nursing homes appears grossly underestimated because federal guidelines did not require nursing homes to report cases and deaths until May 24, 2020 -- months after the pandemic began.

New Tally Adds 16,000 Nursing Home Residents Lost to COVID
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A new study suggests COVID-19 in U.S. nursing homes appears grossly underestimated because federal guidelines did not require nursing homes to report cases and deaths until May 24, 2020 -- months after the pandemic began.