The coronavirus has led to deaths at nearly 300 long-term care facilities in Massachusetts, accounting for more than two-thirds of all COVID-19 deaths in the state.
The Executive Office of Health and Human Services’ latest tally shows that 319 long-term care facilities across the state have reported at least two COVID-19 cases, affecting 43% of such facilities licensed by the state. About 90% of those with at least two COVID-19 cases have reported deaths related to the virus.
However, the report appears incomplete. The list of 319 does not include state-run facilities such as the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home or the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home. EOHHS did report in separate updates on Wednesday that the COVID-19 death toll at the Holyoke facility stood at 76, while the tally at the Chelsea facility remained at 31.
The Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, which is at the center of four investigations over the events leading up to its coronavirus-related deaths, has the highest death toll of all long-term care facilities in the state.
In Holyoke, 75 veteran residents tested positive, while 56 tested negative, according to figures from EOHHS. Another 84 people who work at the facility tested positive.
In Chelsea, 36 veteran residents tested positive, while 178 tested negative. Fifty-nine employees tested positive.
The latest release of data comes as the state records 4,041 total COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities. They account for more than two-thirds of the state’s 6,547 deaths from complications linked to the coronavirus.
The home with the second-highest death toll was the Julian J. Leavitt Family Nursing Home in Longmeadow reported 66 COVID-19 fatalities, according to Wednesday’s report. More than 30 people in the 200-bed facility have tested positive.
The majority of long-term care facilities reported no coronavirus deaths since the pandemic struck Massachusetts.
Three-fourths of the long-term care facilities that reported at least two COVID-19 cases had more than 30 cases, according to the data released Wednesday. About a quarter of the facilities reporting at least two COVID-19 cases had 20 or more deaths. Sixty percent of those facilities had 10 or more deaths.
The state recently released COVID-19 test results of nursing homes across Massachusetts, as part of a new program that will fund safety improvements at eligible facilities.
Of the state’s 360 licensed nursing homes, all but 10 met the testing criteria for its residents and staff. Five did not submit their results in time, and the other five failed to achieve the baseline testing threshold for at least part of the population.
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