Indiana reported 205 more positive COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities this week. While those numbers represent the lowest single-week increase since data has been collected, it doesn’t mean the outbreak is subsiding.
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On April 24, just shy of 1,500 Hoosiers in long-term care facilities were infected with COVID-19. But, today more than three times that number have been infected.
Indiana continues to deny requests for more transparency over the outbreak's spread in long-term care facilities. This comes as the state has started to allow outside visitors into facilities.
Forty-seven percent of the state’s COVID-19 deaths can be traced back to long-term care residents. Further, nearly half of all long-term care facilities have had at least one confirmed case.
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