48% of Iowa’s COVID-19 deaths have been nursing home residents

April 6, 2020 Carol Kuster State News 0

Governor Kim Reynolds has confirmed there are COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes in Linn, Washington, and Tama Counties. “Ten percent of the state’s total number of positive cases are among residents and staff of long term care facilities,” Reynolds said this morning during her daily news conference, “and 48% of our deaths have been residents […]