âThe worst perfect storm.â How the second COVID surge is ravaging NC nursing homes. Jodi Cooper is a nurse who works in the COVID unit at Olde Knox Commons in Huntersville, NC. The facility has been in outbreak status for about a month. (Source: Jeff Siner JSINER@CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM) By Alison Kuznitz | January 9, 2021 at 10:44 AM EST - Updated January 9 at 10:50 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Charlotte Observer) - For nearly all of the pandemic, not a single resident at Olde Knox Commons tested positive for COVID-19, even as the virus ravaged other nursing homes and long-term care facilities across Mecklenburg County, officials say.