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Community spread driving big spike in new Covid-19 cases in US nursing homes, health group saysAustin-Travis County medics prepare to enter a nursing home on August 5 in Austin, Texas. John Moore/Getty Images
“As we feared and have been warning government leaders over the past couple months, the spike in COVID cases in the general population across the U.S. has led to increased cases in nursing homes,” Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of the AHCA/NCAL, told CNN via email.The report used data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , which in conjunction with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention compiles weekly statistics from nursing homes.
The AHCA/NCAL report attributed community spread to the rapid uptick in cases, pointing to the soaring number of infections among the general population in many states in late June and July. “As the CMS data shows, the increase in new cases in nursing homes is being driven by the spike in cases in the surrounding communities and exacerbated by shortages in PPE and the significant delay [up to five days or longer] in obtaining test results for nursing home staff and residents,” Parkinson said.
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