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Report: Surging NJ COVID-19 Deaths Triple At Nursing Homes Report: Surging NJ COVID-19 Deaths Triple At Nursing Homes
Report: Surging NJ Covid-19 Deaths Triple At Nursing Homes COVID-related deaths in New Jersey’s nursing homes nearly tripled in December, with more in that stretch than the previous three months combined, according to a published report. The news comes as what’s expected to be more than a month of vaccinations of nursing home residents and staff in the Garden State were beginning. It underscored the fact that New Jersey has the most coronavirus-related nursing home deaths per capita in the country – about 45% of its more than 17,000 confirmed cases. And the numbers are rising in step with the largest spike since May in coronavirus cases throughout…

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by Jerry DeMarco