Updated statistics from the state Department of Health Friday noted an uptick in coronavirus cases in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in New Jersey. As of Friday, there are 14,579 coronavirus cases at New Jersey long-term care facilities, up from the 10,500 cases the state reported on Monday.
All together, 2,696 deaths at the facilities have been attributed to COVID-19, 1,652 of which have been lab confirmed and another 1,044 of which are suspected to have been tied to the coronavirus, according to the statistics. That’s a jump from the 1,779 deaths reported on Monday (those deaths were given as a total number and were not categorized as confirmed or suspected).
Together, the confirmed and suspected coronavirus deaths at New Jersey homes represent about 48% of the statewide total of 5,617.
There are now 102,196 confirmed cases of the virus statewide.
Officials said 452 longterm care facilities have reported at least one case.
At the state’s three veterans homes specifically, there have been 244 cases and 91 deaths, officials said Friday.
As of Friday, Lincoln Park Care Center, in Lincoln Park, Morris County, had reported more coronavirus-related deaths than any other long-term care facility in the state, 48. Veteran’s Memorial Home in Paramus, which had the second-most deaths, reported the highest number of confirmed cases, at 171.
Families of nursing home residents across the state have questioned the accuracy of the numbers of cases and deaths reported by the state.
State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli acknowledged at the daily coronavirus briefing in Trenton Tuesday that there were “gaps” in the numbers, and that a number of nursing homes had been in touch with her department about the need to reconcile the data.
“The information is self-reported,” said the commissioner. “We’re giving them an opportunity to correct.”
The state is currently updating its online counts about three times a week.
Families have also complained of a lack of transparency from the facilities about the conditions of their loved ones as visitations to the long-term care homes have been stopped amid social distancing guidelines meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The issue gained statewide and national attention last week after reports revealed 17 bodies had piled up at Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center I and II in Sussex County.
On Sunday, the federal government directed nursing homes to tell patients and their families if the facility had coronavirus cases. But on Monday — saying the state is still hearing that nursing homes were not being transparent about their coronavirus cases — New Jersey officials released the statewide list of cases in nursing homes for the first time.
The updated list, which includes individual numbers for every facility that has reported cases and deaths to the state, can be seen on the Department of Health dashboard.
Reporters Ted Sherman, Karin Price Mueller, Brent Johnson, and Len Melisurgo contributed to this report.
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