Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare
CMS has posted the latest nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending October 17, 2021:
This latest data set shows these changes from the October 10th data set:
- Resident vaccination increased 0.1% from the previous week
- Staff vaccination increased 0.6% from the previous week
- Resident confirmed cases increased 3,404 from the previous week
- Staff confirmed cases increased 3,797 from the previous week
- An additional 302 resident deaths from the previous week
- An additional 10 staff deaths from the previous week
Resident and Staff Vaccinations for the week ending October 17, 2021 are also available. All U.S. facilities are identified plus there is a separate sheet (tab at bottom of spreadsheet) that shows the facilities that have 75% or more of their staff vaccinated. Both are worth a look – check out the status of your facility.
NHSN Nursing Home Dashboard shows this data as of October 25, 2021 at 5:30am (ET):
CDC COVID-19 Community Transmission data shows this:
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