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Many Connecticut Nursing Homes Have Had Over 10 Coronavirus Deaths

Associated Press

   HARTFORD, CONN. - The coronavirus outbreak has killed 10 or more
   residents in eight nursing homes across Connecticut, according to state
   figures released Thursday.

   Nursing home residents account for 375 of the 971 people in Connecticut
   to die from the virus, which has spread quickly through nursing homes
   around the country.

   Two Connecticut nursing homes have had 15 deaths -- the Gardner Heights
   Health Care Center in Shelton and the Abbott Terrace Health Center in
   Waterbury, according to state officials.

   Athena, however, which owns Abbott Terrace, said Thursday night in a
   written statement that its internal count of deaths is six.

   The state's tally appears to include residents who were already
   receiving hospice services prior to contracting COVID-19, the company
   said.

   "We are not confident that the numbers in the report are an accurate
   depiction of our centers," the company said. "Several of our centers
   have accepted COVID-19 positive residents from area assisted livings
   and other nursing homes who were unable to be cared for in those
   settings."

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