COVID-19 again tearing through nursing homes, as death toll rises
By Megan Cerullo, Kate Gibson
December 11, 2020 / 3:02 PM
/ MoneyWatch
Nursing home COVID-19 cases surging again
Americans who live in nursing homes, and the people who care for them, are holding on for dear life. Nearly 4,000 residents of long-term care facilities around the U.S. died of coronavirus-related causes during the week of Nov. 29, industry data show, as COVID-19 rages on.
"Your heart is being ripped out as you're telling a family member their loved one has COVID," said Bethany Murray, the administrator at Cedar Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sunnyvale, California, in recounting how the disease has ripped through eldercare facilities.