
According to a recent report, the omicron surge did not only affect nursing home residents with a total of 988 recent deaths, but also the employees which has caused a nationwide staffing crisis.
The omicron wave has caused an unprecedented staffing crisis in New York nationwide, according to a recent report by NPR. With cases spiking in mid-January, at least 40,000 nursing home residents received positive tests during the week ending January 14th, “almost a 10-fold rise since November.” Employee cases, meanwhile, reached “more than 67,000 cases” the week ending January 7th, before declining the subsequent week, per data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading