Nursing homesNursing Homes Site of 40% of U.S. COVID-19 Deaths

Published 2 June 2020

new analysis in USA Today suggests up to 40% of US deaths from COVID-19 have taken place in nursing homes or long-term care facilities, a staggering statistic that represents 40,600 residents. More than 2.4 million Americans live in long-term care facilities. Stephanie Soucheray writes in CIDRAP that this means roughly 450 residents of these facilities have died each day from COVID-19 since March. But the newspaper said this is likely an undercount, as state reporting is inconsistent. Texas, Virginia, and Arizona, for example, have still not released facility-level data.