Eldercare facilities in Maryland account for more than half of the state's reported coronavirus deaths, according to newly released data.
Eldercare facilities in Maryland account for more than half of the state's reported coronavirus deaths.
The Maryland Department of Health on Thursday released new coronavirus data from nursing homes and other eldercare facilities across the state. According to the department, eldercare facilities have seen at least the deaths of 793 residents and 11 staff members. When combined , this number accounts for nearly 60 percent of Maryland's total number of COVID-19 deaths. There are currently at least 1,401 coronavirus fatalities across the state.
Firefighters and paramedics with Anne Arundel County Fire Department wear enhanced PPE, during the coronavirus pandemic, as they transport a patient after responding to a call for a cardiac arrest as a result of a drug overdose on May 6, 2020 in Brooklyn, Maryland.Shortly after the state began reporting coronavirus data from eldercare facilities, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued an order requiring"universal testing" in nursing homes across the state.
"We have been and will continue to take aggressive actions to address the spread of COVID-19 in Maryland nursing homes," Hogan said at a briefing."Targeting and containing these outbreaks and clusters is critically important to our state's recovery efforts."
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