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CASPER (WNE) — More of Wyoming’s nursing home residents are getting sick and dying from COVID-19, new figures released Wednesday by the AARP show.
COVID cases occurred in state …
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CASPER (WNE) — More of Wyoming’s nursing home residents are getting sick and dying from COVID-19, new figures released Wednesday by the AARP show.
COVID cases occurred in state nursing homes at a rate of six per 100 residents during a four-week period that ended Oct. 23.
That is the third-highest rate in the nation behind New Hampshire (10.12) and Maine (9.16). It’s also a slight increase over the previous four-week rate, which stood at 4.5, according to the AARP.
Total cases for the four weeks ending Oct. 23 were 107.
Three nursing home residents died during the four weeks that ended Oct. 23, equating to a rate of .17 per 100 residents.
That’s the sixth-highest rate in the U.S., the AARP reported.
About 44% of Wyoming’s nursing home residents are up to date on COVID vaccines, and only one in five staff is current on immunizations. Wyoming in general trails the nation in COVID vaccination rates.
Three of five nursing homes in Wyoming reported at least one staff case of the virus, or 85 cases in total.
Wyoming nursing homes and long-term care facilities were particularly hard hit during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the state’s first notable outbreaks took place at a nursing home. And by December of 2020, more than 50 residents of Casper long-term care facilities had died.
