Nursing Home Resident COVID Deaths Underreported, New York Attorney General Says

Mealey's (January 29, 2021, 1:03 PM EST) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Department of Health (DOH) appears to have undercounted the number of nursing home residents who died from COVID-19 by approximately 50 percent, the state attorney general said Jan. 28 in issuing the preliminary results of an investigation that also found that noncompliance with infection control procedures and inadequate staffing levels at some facilities put residents at increased risk....