Business Insider reports long-term care facility residents and workers make up one-third of US coronavirus deaths.
And in about a dozen states, they account for more than half of all deaths from the virus.
Prior estimates suggested COVID-19 deaths related to nursing homes made up about 20% of total US deaths.
Tight quarters and overburdened staff also add to the problem.
Nursing homes have been considered "death pits" during coronavirus due to residents' age and underlying conditions.
They're death pits.
One COVID-positive patient in a nursing home produces carnage.
Former New York Lt.
Gov.
Betsy McCaughey Founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
