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Over 25% of CT nursing home residents surveyed test positive for COVID – Mirage News
The first case of COVID-19 in Connecticut was reported in a nursing home on March 15; from there the number of infections skyrocketed. A point prevalence…
The first case of COVID-19 in Connecticut was reported in a nursing home on March 15; from there the number of infections skyrocketed.
A point prevalence survey (which involves testing groups of individuals at a single time) led by the Yale School of Public Health found that 601 people (28.3% of the 2,117 people tested in 33 nursing homes) were infected with the virus.
The survey is the most comprehensive one yet in the state’s nursing homes, and the largest report in the United States. The st…
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