A news release from Northampton County indicates that 73 people have now been infected with Covid-19 at Gracedale, the county nursing home. This includes 50 residents and 23 employees.
Of the residents, six are recovering in an isolation ward. Unfortunately, four have succumbed.
Five of the 23 employees have recovered and are back to work.
Gracedale is the largest nursing home under one roof in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. There are more than 600 residents living at Gracedale with approximately 700 people tasked with caring for them. Executive Lamont McClure has commended the staff. “They’re working tirelessly to keep some of our most vulnerable residents safe during this outbreak,” he said.
Nursing homes have been hit particularly hard by Covid-19. The chart above, prepared by NorCo's GIS department, shows that 214 residents and 48 employees have been infected at the county's 12 nursing and personal care homes. Nineteen have died.
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ReplyDeleteWhat color of the rainbow colored Homeland Security Advisory System does this put us at?
ReplyDeleteSevere(red) severe risk
High (orange) high risk
Elevated (yellow) significant risk
Guarded (blue) general risk
Low (green) low risk
That was so pretty to look at...did we ever get to green? Or did it all just get silly like the current grafts and charts?
god rest the departed, but only 4 dead to date is akin to a miracle there
ReplyDeleteYou a patient ?.
ReplyDeleteShould have sold the place.
ReplyDeleteI am sad reading some of the comments. That could be a family member of someone you know. I will say a prayer for those folks and thier loved ones. Karma has a way of working to those that make fun. I hope it is not your family we are reading about.
ReplyDeleteAnd with the lock down and the extraordinary precautions being taken it shows that opening everything up is probably not the best idea.
ReplyDeletePlenty of workers who are following mitigation to the letter are getting infected.
In Monroe County, several have died at a nursing home I don't know the name of. This is extremely serious. GOP wants to swing open the doors, and right wing media is thumping the drum beat of getting back to work. We need to be very careful - if we have a resurgence it could be way worse than what we just went through.
ReplyDeleteThis disease is terrible for people of all ages. Anyone making fun of its victims are plain ignorant.
Also the Prison and now Juvenile Center. Yet the employees get NO protection from the administration. Bet that will change if it becomes an issue in other offices deemed "Essential" and the county health care Insurance takes a big hit. Funny how people in the public sector need to wear a mask, but govt employees are apparently expendable and do not. Pitiful.
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ReplyDeleteThe Fed wants to reopen many small businesses, not nursing homes. Geez, get it correct lefty.
Nursing homes have never closed, new admissions continue as if it’s business as usual. So why would anyone say that the government isn’t talking about reopening nursing homes?
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