The Death Toll In Michigan Nursing Homes Is Rising As COVID-19 Infects The Elderly And Staff

Just how rampant the coronavirus is at nursing homes across the state is difficult to discern. Michigan health officials have said they hadn't been actively tracking data on nursing homes cases statewide.

In Oakland County, as of Thursday, 92 senior care facilities have had COVID-19 cases, Oakland County Executive David Coulter said. He said 254 people had tested positive and 24 deaths were reported across the senior facilities. States like Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, Mississippi and Georgia have provided some information publicly about care facilities and in Maryland, the governor announced"strike teams" to provide support for nursing homes.

Wayne County spokesman Nowling said in a statement that County Executive Warren Evans"is very concerned about the high concentration of COVID infections and deaths in Wayne County, especially among minority populations which seem more adversely affected." "Because of the lack of testing, we don't know if nursing home workers are carrying the virus from one nursing home to another,” she said.

“We have been saying …'its not a matter of if, but when,'” the Mount Clemens facility announced in a Facebook post. “Our team has worked hard to keep it out for as long as we could, but now comes the next phase — containment.”As of Saturday, there had been nearly 24,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus across Michigan and 1,392 deaths, according to the state health department.

"There are outbreaks associated with our more vulnerable populations," spokeswoman Susan Ringler-Cerniglia said."Talking about those in terms of the numbers is gonna be too identifying for those individuals and facilities." A statement from Regency at Livonia on Friday said the facility had discharged residents with and without coronavirus symptoms to local hospitals.

“Often, we have already heard from the care facility, but there are times when we find out they lived or worked at a care facility during our contact investigation,” said Bill Mullan, spokesman for the Oakland County executive. In Riverview, 21 residents and 15 associates from Rivergate Terrace had been diagnosed with COVID-19 as of Thursday, according to a statement from Executive Director Sujata Chaddha. Seven of the 21 residents had died, three had returned to the facility under isolated care and the others remain hospitalized, and the associates were recovering at home, the statement said.

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