WESTERLY â Two of four nursing homes in the town are struggling after dozens of their residents tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks. The other two facilities have dealt with the virus but so far at a lower volume.
The trend at both the Apple Rehab Clipper facility on Post Road and Apple Rehab Watch Hill on Watch Hill Road mirrors the experience of nursing homes throughout the state, where case numbers are rivaling those from an earlier wave of the pandemic in the spring. The state Department of Health reported at least 475 new cases in nursing homes in the last two weeks, according to statistics that were last updated Wednesday.