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11 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read

The third wave of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities is here. Since May, we have compiled all the data states provide on cases and deaths within these facilities, where a shocking 40% of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths have originated - that’s 91,596 deaths.

In October, 8.4% of long-term care facility residents diagnosed with COVID-19 died. The rising cases of the past few weeks are resulting in the highest number of deaths in months as states and facilities fail to protect these most vulnerable Americans.

South Dakota’s long-term care data last week painted a dire picture as 73% of deaths that occurred in the state were among long-term care residents. covidtracking.com/data/state/sou…

When we compare COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities to overall deaths in the United States, the case fatality rate (CFR) in long-term care facilities is about 7 times the national rate in the month of October.

This week, we’ve released new long-term care pages for each US state with searchable facility-level data. This release provides the most granular look yet available at COVID-19’s effects on residents and staff in US long-term care facilities. covidtracking.com/data/longtermc…

All this and more in our first weekly update dedicated to our Long-Term Care Tracker data: covidtracking.com/blog/ltc-weekl…

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