As of Sunday, 11,189 residents and staff members of Florida s long-term care facilities had died of COVID-19, according to data provided by the Florida Department of Health. That s an additional 269 deaths since March 19.
In Volusia County, 292 residents and staff have died of the virus; 18 have died in Flagler County; and 86 have died in St. Johns County.
AARP’s coronavirus dashboard, which is updated every four weeks, was created using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the AARP Public Policy Institute in collaboration with the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University in Ohio. The goal is to identify specific areas of concern at the national and state levels in a timely manner.
AARP analysis: Virginia COVID-19 cases, deaths declining in nursing homes
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AARP Dashboard: Virginia’s COVID-19 nursing home death rate second highest in the nation
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The latest release of AARP’s Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard shows that both cases and deaths in nursing homes fell in the four weeks ending Feb. 14.
Although these rates are improving, new infections and deaths in nursing homes are still more than twice as high as they were in the summer of 2020. While deaths of Virginia nursing home residents are more than a third lower than what they were in the previous time period, the state’s rate this period (1.72 deaths per 100 residents) is the second-highest in the nation.
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