Deadliest place in Texas during the pandemic? Nursing homes, long-term care facilities
The scariest place to live during the coronavirus pandemic in Texas is a nursing home or long-term care facility.
More than 700 residents of Texas nursing homes and long-term care facilities have died from the coronavirus as of Wednesday.
That’s 45% of the 1,562 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the state.
Of the 488 nursing homes and long-term care facilities with confirmed COVID-19 deaths, 147 are located in the North Texas region. That’s the most by far of the state’s eight regions.
The North Texas region — Tarrant, Dallas and the surrounding counties up to the Red River and as far west as Scurry County — has confirmed 229 COVID-19 deaths in these facilities, roughly a third of the total of 704 deaths across the state. The next closest region in deaths at nursing home and long-term care facilities is the Houston area with 156.
The Central Texas region that includes Austin and Waco has reported 108 deaths in these facilities.
More than 4,000 residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities have tested positive for COVID-19.
This story was originally published May 27, 2020 at 7:24 PM.
