The number of nursing home patients and staff infected with Covid-19 rose sharply last week, according to federal data, as the highly contagious delta variant menaces the country.
A healthcare worker administers a Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the John Knox Village Continuing Care Retirement Community on Jan. 6, 2021 in Pompano Beach, Fla.The number of nursing home patients and staff infected with Covid-19 rose sharply last week, according to federal data released Thursday, as theCases among nursing home residents climbed by 38 percent – from 1,478 to 2,041 – between July 25 and Aug. 1, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“What we have seen throughout the pandemic is when we see a rise in cases in the community, we are going to see it infiltrate the nursing homes,” said Dr. Morgan Katz, an assistant professor of medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “And a lot of the reason for that is that only 60% of the staff is vaccinated and there is still a chance for potential entry into the facility.”
Nationwide, cases among nursing home staff jumped 31 percent from 2,467 to 3,252 in the last week, according to the CDC data. While CDC collects weekly data on how many staff are vaccinated, the federal government has not mandated vaccines for nursing home staff.In Massachusetts, where less than 75 percent of nursing home staff are fully vaccinated, Gov. Charlie Baker issued a statewide mandate Wednesday for all nursing home staff to get fully vaccinated by Oct. 10.
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