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More than 50 Iowa nursing homes have experienced a COVID-19 outbreak since the vaccine roll-out in December, and the home with the highest number of outbreaks is run by the state itself.
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Newly disclosed data identifies the privately run nursing homes in Iowa that have had the most infections among residents and staff, the most outbreaks, and those that have spent much of the past year in outbreak status.
Newly disclosed COVID-19 data shows the state of Iowa has retroactively reduced the number of nursing home infections that it publicly reported last year.
The data identifies the privately run nursing homes that have had the most infections among residents and staff, the most outbreaks, and those that have spent much of the past year in outbreak status.
Oaknoll Retirement Community independent living residents, including David Curry (center) raises a glass for a toast while gathering with other residents at Oaknoll in Iowa City on March 8. The retirement community, which has not had any coronavirus cases among residents, offered a chance to mark the one-year anniversary of COVID s arrival in Iowa with a âsilver liningsâ party. Liz Martin, The Gazette
After a difficult spring and an even more difficult fall, long-term care facility administrators were thrilled to see their vulnerable populations among the first offered COVID-19 vaccines in December.
By the end of February, nearly every resident and staff was inoculated against the virus.