N.J. hospitals, nursing homes could soon be required to report COVID-19 cases, fatalities among workers
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
The coronavirus has infected 419,000 people in New Jersey and claimed the lives of at least 16,200, according to state data. Nurses, doctors and other medical professionals are among the tally, but no one is keeping track of just how many.
On Thursday the state Senate and Assembly Thursday passed legislation that would require hospitals, surgery centers, long-term care facilities, hospice centers and home healthcare agencies to report the number of COVID-19 cases and fatalities among their employees to the state Department of Health.