COVID-19 spreading to rural nursing homes

Published October 30, 2020 10:28am ET



As the coronavirus surges to more and more rural counties, it is threatening to spread to the nursing homes in those areas.

Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities house many elderly with underlying medical conditions, a population that is at the highest risk of death from COVID-19. About 30% of nursing homes are in rural areas.

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