December 13, 2020 GMT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Coronavirus infections among Louisiana’s nursing home residents are rising to levels not seen since an earlier outbreak peak over the summer, a threatening trend that comes as the facilities could be only weeks away from receiving the first doses of a vaccine.
Nursing homes reported more than 400 new cases of the COVID-19 disease caused by the virus among residents in the past week, The Advocate reports, the most since mid-August.
Similarly, the 365 new infections reported among nursing home staff was the highest since August. Employees are closely watched because they are considered the most likely way for the virus to gain a foothold in those buildings.
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