COVID-19 deaths occurred in nursing homes or assisted-living facilities.ĭespite the high death tolls in nursing homes, the attorney general’s report found that the actual numbers may have been much higher than reported A “larger number of nursing home residents died from COVID-19 than DOH data reflected, and may have been undercounted by as much as 50 percent,” the office found. In May, one report found that more than 40% of U.S. have seen some of the highest rates of death due to the coronavirus.
In addition, certain actions by the state and by nursing homes put vulnerable residents at risk during the pandemic, the office claimed.Ĭharles Camosy, a theology professor at Fordham University, told CNA on Thursday that the report’s findings “demonstrate a classic instance of throwaway culture.” In fact, the OAG found that nursing home resident deaths appear to be undercounted by DOH by approximately 50 percent. In a report released on Thursday, the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James said that the state undercounted the number of nursing home deaths due to the virus.
New York’s health department may have underreported COVID-19 nursing home deaths by 50%, an investigation by the state’s attorney general found. We sought to understand whether baseline nurse staffing is associated with the presence of COVID19 in nursing homes and whether staffing impacts outbreak.
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