Nearly 15,000 Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in New York nursing homes and adult care facilities, data shows

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The New York State Department of Health is continuing to release data shedding more light on Covid-19 deaths among residents in the state's long-term care facilities, after a state Supreme Court judge ordered the department to fulfill a watchdog group's Freedom of Information request.

The health department has recorded nearly 15,000 confirmed and presumed Covid-19 deaths among long-term care facility residents in the state since March 1, the data shows -- the vast majority of which were nursing home resident deaths. The data comes after the state attorney general's office said in a late January report that the health department undercounted Covid-19 deaths among nursing home residents by about 50%.

What the new data shows The long-term facilities covered in the data include both nursing homes and adult care facilities, but the health department data makes a distinction between the two sub-categories: It defines 'adult care facilities' as assisted-living facilities and other congregate care settings that are not licensed to provide full medical services, while 'nursing homes' are considered a separate group defined as"places to live where care is available for people...

 

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