6 deaths reported at Parker County nursing home after COVID-19 outbreak
Six patients have died at a Parker County long-term care facility over the past few days after staff and patients contracted COVID-19, according to a statement from the office of the County Judge Pat Deen.
The cause of the deaths are pending, and three of the patients were in hospice care, according to the statement. Deen did not immediately respond to a request for an interview. The statement did name the facility, or say if it was a nursing home, assisted living facility or skilled nursing facility.
About three weeks ago a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 and a surge team tested all staff and residents, including hospice patients, according to the release. The patients who tested positive are recovering, the statement said. The facility does not believe that COVID-19 forced the three patients into hospice care, according to the statement.
