Nursing Homes Bear the Worst of Pandemic
By Josh Rogers
NH Public Radio
State public health officials on Wednesday announced five new coronavirus deaths in New Hampshire, all of them tied to long-term care facilities. The new numbers made clear, for the first time, the extent to which New Hampshire nursing homes have borne the most severe impacts of the pandemic in the state.
Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation in Greenfield is among a small handful of residential care facilities in New Hampshire that have seen coronavirus outbreaks in recent weeks. CREDIT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION
Ten of the 18 people who have died of COVID-19 in New Hampshire lived in nursing homes or other rehabilitation sites, where older and sicker populations are particularly vulnerable to the virus. The number of infections at long-term care facilities continues to grow, and state officials warned Wednesday that the death count is likely to rise as well.
“Some of our toughest days are really still ahead of us,” Gov. Chris Sununu said at a news briefing in Concord.
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