Most nursing homes had multiple Covid-19 outbreaks that lasted for weeks, analysis found
Most nursing homes had multiple Covid-19 outbreaks that lasted for weeks, analysis found From CNN’s Deidre McPhillips US nursing homes experienced an average of three Covid-19 outbreaks, with the longest outbreaks lasting for an average of more than nine weeks, according to a report published Wednesday by the US Government Accountability Office. The GAO analyzed data submitted to the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from May 2020 through January 2021 for more than 13,000 nursing homes and representing about 88% of CMS-...