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Coronavirus has spread to at least 137 long-term care facilities in Washington state, killing 221 people, according to state officials.
This is the first time we've received a list of facilities. You can search the list here. (w/ @pgcornwell & @hil_fung) https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/at-least-137-long-term-care-facilities-in-washington-have-coronavirus-cases/
This is the first time we've received a list of facilities. You can search the list here. (w/ @pgcornwell & @hil_fung) https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/at-least-137-long-term-care-facilities-in-washington-have-coronavirus-cases/
There are likely additional facilities with cases that are not on this list, as testing has not been widespread and more cases are being confirmed.
State and local agencies have not yet provided the numbers of cases or deaths associated with each of these facilities.
State and local agencies have not yet provided the numbers of cases or deaths associated with each of these facilities.
This means that about half of the COVID-19 deaths in Washington state have been linked to long-term care facilities, according to today's numbers. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/coronavirus-daily-news-updates-april-8-what-to-know-today-about-covid-19-in-the-seattle-area-washington-state-and-the-nation/
We've updated our story to state DSHS has concluded at least 4/137 facilities were wrongly included on its list.
More info on that & our decision to pull down the list for now in this thread (which is a retweet of this thread... yes this is weird, sorry). https://twitter.com/asiakmfields/status/1248411261114576898?s=20
More info on that & our decision to pull down the list for now in this thread (which is a retweet of this thread... yes this is weird, sorry). https://twitter.com/asiakmfields/status/1248411261114576898?s=20
