With over 37,600 deaths, nursing home fatalities now account for nearly 40% of deaths from the novel coronavirus in the U.S., according to an ABC News analysis of the latest public health data.
Federal and state governments are scrambling to provide assistance to senior care facilities as the death toll among elderly patients with COVID-19 continues to climb.
"This is an 'all hands-on deck' situation," Mark Parkinson, the president of the National Center for Assisted Living and the American Health Care Association, said in a statement released late last week.A Superior ambulance prepares to leave Bria of Geneva skilled nursing facility in Geneva, Ill.Last week, the federal health department announced it would channel $4.9 billion to nursing homes to help support their response to the outbreak.
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