Long-term care cases and deaths both increased by the most we’ve seen since late May. A staggering 5,094 deaths and 61,097 cases last week made it one of the most devastating weeks for LTC residents and staff yet. covidtracking.com/blog/vaccines-…
Our numbers, while drastic, are an undercount of COVID-19’s severity in long-term-care facilities. Arizona, Missouri, and New York provide incomplete LTC data, and are the largest contributors to the nation’s LTC undercount. covidtracking.com/data/longtermc…
Pennsylvania reported nearly 500 LTC deaths last week, an increase of 55% from the previous week, and about 10% of the total new LTC deaths from COVID-19 in the United States. 
While COVID-19 continues to surge in LTC facilities , vaccines will soon arrive for these high-risk populations. Vaccines have the potential to prevent future COVID-19 outbreaks, but for many LTC residents and workers, they will come too late.
This data is collected by a devoted, meticulous team of volunteers. Nursing homes are federally regulated and much of their data is available via @CMSGov, but assisted living and similar facilities are state regulated, so we compile a unified dataset at the state level.
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