The Latest: New York released over 9,000 virus patients into nursing homes, records show
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NEW YORK — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial directive that was scrapped amid criticism it accelerated outbreaks, according to new records obtained by The Associated Press.
Families of COVID-19 victims who died in New York nursing homes gather in front of the Cobble Hill Heath Center in New York on Oct. 18 to demand that Gov. Andrew Cuomo apologize for his response to COVID-19 clusters in nursing homes early in the pandemic.