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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 28 (0.5%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 5,543
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: N/A (>2 counties tied)
- Total nursing home population: 35,763

More than in North Carolina had at least one resident who tested positive for COVID-19 by May 11, 2020, according to data from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. A collaborative news investigation uncovered a pattern of poor disease control protocols among the nursing homes with the highest volume of cases.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 14 (1.2%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,170
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Hillsborough County (4)
- Total nursing home population: 6,442

New Hampshire has had outbreaks of COVID-19 in at least as of May 10, 2020, according to Josie Albertson-Grove of the New Hampshire Union Leader. The state鈥檚 commissioner of health and human services is calling for ongoing COVID-19 testing of residents and staff at nursing homes to keep tabs on the spread of the virus.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 21 (1.4%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,553
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Maricopa County (14)
- Total nursing home population: 11,343

Arizona is among that have yet to reveal which nursing homes have had outbreaks of the coronavirus. Around 150 nursing homes in the state that receive federal Medicare and Medicaid may soon be related to COVID-19 at their facilities, according to a memo from the national Department of Health & Human Services from May 6, 2020, but assisted living centers that don鈥檛 participate in the federal program would not be required to share that information under the proposed rule.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 7 (1.4%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 517
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: N/A (>2 counties tied)
- Total nursing home population: 2,440

Most of the COVID-19 cases in Burlington, the largest city in Vermont, are connected with, according to an analysis of state data conducted by Derek Brouwer and Andrea Suozzo of Seven Days. By late April, the disease had killed at least 24 nursing home residents in the area.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 50 (1.5%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 3,246
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Bibb County (3), Chatham County (3)
- Total nursing home population: 33,043

Some nursing homes in Georgia are struggling to find enough workers to provide 24-hour care for residents after more than have come down with COVID-19 as of May 7, 2020, according to Carrie Teegardin and Brad Schrade of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. At least 659 residents of assisted living facilities and nursing homes have died from the disease.

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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 5 (1.6%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 318
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: N/A (>2 counties tied)
- Total nursing home population: 608

The early suspension of visitations to some nursing homes in Alaska gave the facilities at preventing the spread of coronavirus. Some facilities have developed creative ways to help residents stay in touch with loved ones through technology and drive-by parades.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 13 (1.6%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 814
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Kent County (4)
- Total nursing home population: 7,817

The deaths of nursing home residents in Rhode Island from COVID-19 account for of the disease in the state, according to data from the state鈥檚 Department of Health. The state is making an effort to test every patient and worker at nursing homes, according to an announcement from the governor on May 6, 2020.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 20 (1.7%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,191
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Cumberland County (4)
- Total nursing home population: 5,947

in Maine are connected to nursing homes, according to Phil Hirschkorn of WMTW News 8. Nearly 250 nursing home residents and workers in the state have come down with COVID-19 as of May 5, according to data from the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 56 (1.7%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 3,217
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Montgomery County (8)
- Total nursing home population: 24,414

State regulators in to Sagepoint Senior Living, a nursing home with the highest death toll from COVID-19. According to the Washington Post, a letter from the regulators states that the facility neglected to isolate infected patients from the other residents and failed to use the correct personal protective equipment.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 20 (2.2%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 927
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: N/A (>2 counties tied)
- Total nursing home population: 4,153

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said he wants to in the state for the coronavirus. The logistics of conducting the testing was still being worked out with the facilities as of May 8, 2020.

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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 25 (2.2%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,141
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: N/A (>2 counties tied)
- Total nursing home population: 5,531

Of the 33 people in North Dakota who had died of the virus as of May 8, 2020, like nursing homes, according to a briefing from the governor. Six nursing homes in North Carolina鈥檚 Bismarck-Mandan metro area accounted for of COVID-19 as of May 7, according to Blake Nicholson of the Bismarck Tribune.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 36 (2.3%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,583
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Anderson County (4)
- Total nursing home population: 16,993

The COVID-19 death toll of staff and residents at nursing homes and long-term care facilities in South Carolina, according to a report from the state鈥檚 Department of Health and Environmental Control on May 8. The state was set to begin testing the 40,000 people who live and work in its nearly 200 nursing homes on May 11.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 35 (2.3%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,510
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Multnomah County (9)
- Total nursing home population: 7,317

Oregon鈥檚 government has in Southeast Portland after it recorded the highest number of coronavirus-related deaths of all care facilities in the state, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. During an inspection of the facility in mid-April, officials discovered that the nursing home failed to enforce hand-washing and social distancing. The Oregon Department of Human Services reported that at least 117 residents and staff of the nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 107 (2.3%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 4,614
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Chesterfield County (5)
- Total nursing home population: 27,595

There have been more than at long-term care facilities in Virginia, a number that鈥檚 four times higher than cases in other congregate settings in the state, according to data from Virginia Department of Health dated May 10, 2020. At least 503 people affiliated with nursing homes in the state have died from the disease.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 239 (2.5%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 9,597
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Allegheny County (22)
- Total nursing home population: 76,652

Pennsylvania it had developed in mid-March to protect nursing homes from the coronavirus. The plan would have dispatched health and medical experts to facilities in need of help within six hours of receiving a request. Instead, the state used a more-limited strategy that wasn't put in place until mid-April.

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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 97 (2.6%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 3,719
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Jefferson County (12)
- Total nursing home population: 22,760

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Kentucky is planning to and worker at nursing homes in the state for the coronavirus. At least in Kentucky have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Daniel Desrochers of the Lexington Herald Leader.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 106 (2.8%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 3,819
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Middlesex County (21)
- Total nursing home population: 38,673

A coronavirus outbreak at the Courtyard Nursing Care Center, a nursing home in Massachusetts, has proved fatal for at least, according to Shelley Murphy and Jeremy C. Fox of the Boston Globe. While not every worker at the facility had been tested, there had already been at least 42 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among the staff as of May 5.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 65 (2.8%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 2,285
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: New Haven County (15)
- Total nursing home population: 22,653

More than in Connecticut have come down with COVID-19, according to data from the state鈥檚 Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. At least 1,228 residents had died from the disease as of May 8, according to the governor.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 171 (2.9%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 5,889
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Kings County (10)
- Total nursing home population: 101,518

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on May 10 that nursing home residents who have recovered from COVID-19 were required to into their facilities. Nursing homes previously were not required to obtain a negative coronavirus test for readmission of seniors. Critics have said that the earlier rule is to blame for over 5,000 deaths in nursing homes.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 30 (2.9%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,022
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Bingham County (3), Canyon County (3)
- Total nursing home population: 3,319

At least in Idaho have come down with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 as of April 30, according to data from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Nearly nine in every 10 nursing homes in Idaho have received citations for violations of infection control procedures between 2015 and 2020.

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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 61 (3.0%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 2,036
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Douglas County (6)
- Total nursing home population: 11,394

AARP Nebraska is calling on the state government to share which nursing homes have had confirmed cases of COVID-19 among workers and residents. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced that 455 nursing home patients or staff had received a positive diagnosis of the disease as of May 7.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 156 (3.0%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 5,196
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Polk County (10)
- Total nursing home population: 23,638

in Iowa have originated in nursing homes and retirement communities, according to Thad Nearmyer of the Iowa View. The state has, according to the Associated Press.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 17 (3.0%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 565
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Honolulu County (6)
- Total nursing home population: 3,474

No-visitor policies at long-term care facilities on Hawaii鈥檚 Big Island have helped them. Some nursing homes on the island conduct daily coronavirus screening of their staff.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 91 (3.2%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 2,880
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: East Baton Rouge Parish (9)
- Total nursing home population: 26,169

Nursing home residents in Louisiana who are feeling better can often be if they're still testing positive for the coronavirus after being discharged from the hospital, according to Blake Paterson of The Advocate. More than half the patients at one surge facility鈥攚hich provides treatment and a place to stay for those who aren鈥檛 experiencing acute symptoms鈥攁re from nursing homes.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 32 (3.2%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 990
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Utah County (5)
- Total nursing home population: 5,178

AARP Utah is calling on the state to of nursing homes for the coronavirus. in Utah had come from long-term care facilities as of April 23, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 159 (3.4%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 4,732
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Hennepin County (14)
- Total nursing home population: 24,755

Out of the 508 people who had died after contracting the coronavirus in Minnesota, or assisted living communities as of May 7, according to the state Health Commissioner. The COVID-19 infections at nursing homes account for about 15% of all cases in the state.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 387 (3.4%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 11,279
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Cuyahoga County (26)
- Total nursing home population: 73,826

In the three weeks leading up to May 8, nearly 500 nursing home residents in Ohio have died from COVID-19, according to data from the state. More than 4,300 staff and residents of long-term care facilities in the state have received a positive coronavirus test since mid-April.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 63 (3.5%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,800
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Cabell County (5)
- Total nursing home population: 9,251

There were confirmed cases of the coronavirus at in West Virginia as of May 7, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That state has tested every resident and worker at nursing homes for the virus.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 321 (3.5%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 9,126
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Broward County (18)
- Total nursing home population: 72,741

After at least 703 deaths from COVID-19 among residents and workers at long-term care facilities in Florida, the state鈥檚 Agency for Health Care Administration issued at nursing homes on May 10. Assisted living facilities and nursing homes in Florida are now required to grant entry to officials from the state鈥檚 Department of Health to test staff for COVID-19 and provide other disease prevention and control measures.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 120 (3.5%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 3,402
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Johnson County (11)
- Total nursing home population: 14,657

Less than in Kansas have originated in the state's 450-plus long-term care facilities, according to Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service. However, clusters of infections at certain nursing homes have led to large sources of deaths in the state.

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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 67 (3.5%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,890
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Covington County (5)
- Total nursing home population: 15,950

There have been at least from the disease associated with long-term care facilities in Mississippi as of May 11, according to data from the state鈥檚 Department of Health. Lauderdale County, where there have been 120 cases at long-term care facilities, is home to the most 鈥渁ctive outbreaks at nursing homes,鈥� according to Sarah Fowler of the Mississippi Clarion Ledger.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 100 (3.6%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 2,786
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Shelby County (11)
- Total nursing home population: 26,481

Tennessee has set a goal to test the of its nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, according to the governor. There have been at least at a single nursing home in Athens.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 11 (3.6%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 302
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: N/A (>2 counties tied)
- Total nursing home population: 2,428

in Wyoming and Orleans Counties have occurred at nursing homes as of April 24, according to Mallory Diefenbach and Matt Surtel of BataviaNews.com. The state has for possible coronavirus infections and that facilities prohibit visitors, but has not made those rules mandatory, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 21 (3.8%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 559
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: New Castle County (8)
- Total nursing home population: 4,181

At least in Delaware had tested positive for COVID-19 as of May 8, according to the Delaware Division of Public Health. So far, 137 nursing home residents have died from complications related to the disease.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 104 (4.0%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 2,614
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Jefferson County (16)
- Total nursing home population: 22,482

As of May 8, infections of residents and workers at nursing homes in Alabama account for in the state, according to Brendan Kirby of Fox10 News. They also account for nearly half of all COVID-19-related deaths in Mobile County, Alabama.

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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 42 (4.0%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,048
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Bernalillo County (7)
- Total nursing home population: 5,693

New Mexico has had at least for the virus, of which around 50 had died as of late April, according to data from the state鈥檚 Department of Health. There has been a positive test for COVID-19 or a death related to the disease at around 15 long-term care facilities in the state.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 151 (4.1%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 3,720
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Bergen County (15)
- Total nursing home population: 44,033

COVID-19 has killed more than 9,000 people in New Jersey as of May 11, or staff at long-term care facilities in the state, according to Maureen Pao and Ailsa Chang of Wyoming Public Media. The state鈥檚 attorney general has begun investigating possible misconduct at the nursing homes where the deaths occurred.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 130 (4.2%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 3,083
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Milwaukee County (11)
- Total nursing home population: 24,239

Around had originated in long-term care centers as of May 11, according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. At least 169 of the 638 nursing home coronavirus cases have resulted in a death.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 86 (4.3%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,990
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Tulsa County (6)
- Total nursing home population: 18,361

Long-term care facilities and nursing homes in Oklahoma have been the source of more than in the state as of May 8, 2020, according to data from the state鈥檚 Department of Health. So far, at least 756 residents or workers at these facilities have tested positive for the virus.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 6 (4.4%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 137
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: District of Columbia (6)
- Total nursing home population: 2,380

Washington D.C. has had among residents and workers at its long-term care facilities as of May 4, according to Nick Boykin of WUSA9. That number was a substantial increase from a report from April 22, which found there had been 15 deaths in nursing homes up until that point.

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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 227 (4.4%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 5,118
- Counties with the most unprepared nursing homes: Hamilton County (10), Lake County (10), Marion County (10)
- Total nursing home population: 38,682

At least had occurred within nursing homes in Indiana as of May 11, according to data from state health officials. That figure represents 38% of all deaths that have been confirmed or presumed to be related to COVID-19 in the state.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 34 (4.5%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 753
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Clark County (16)
- Total nursing home population: 5,336

More than and long-term care facilities in Nevada had tested positive for the coronavirus as of April 30, according to data from the state鈥檚 health officials. at nursing homes continued to grow as of May 6.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 108 (4.6%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 2,364
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Arapahoe County (11)
- Total nursing home population: 16,078

There have been confirmed outbreaks of COVID-19 in at least in Colorado, resulting in more than 500 deaths as of May 6, according to Lindsay Fendt of Colorado Public Radio. The figure represents 57% of the total COVID-19 death count in the state.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 57 (4.6%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,228
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Lincoln County (5)
- Total nursing home population: 5,984

South Dakota had from COVID-19 at long-term care facilities as of May 11, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. One facility that cares for senior citizens in Sioux Falls has been hit hard by the virus, though. At least at the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society's Sioux Falls Village as of May 1, according to Jeremy Fugleberg of the Dickinson Press.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 115 (4.7%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 2,446
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: King County (13)
- Total nursing home population: 15,993

Around and two-thirds of COVID-19 deaths in Washington were connected to nursing homes and long-term care facilities as of May 11, according to Kevin Freking and Bernard Condon of the AP. By the week of May 8, nearly 2,900 cases of the coronavirus had occurred among residents, workers, and visitors at 250 facilities in Washington, according to data from the state's health department.

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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 552 (5.1%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 10,738
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Harris County (29)
- Total nursing home population: 92,250

Texas has had at least 1,100 deaths due to COVID-19 as of May 11, more than, according to Asher Price of the Statesman. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered coronavirus testing of all workers and residents at nursing homes in the state on May 11.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 261 (5.7%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 4,616
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Wayne County (20)
- Total nursing home population: 38,062

Critics say that Michigan has on coronavirus cases and deaths at all assisted living facilities in the state, according to Mike Wilkinson of the Bridge. As of April 24, there had been at least of the coronavirus at nursing homes in Michigan, according to records from the state.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 781 (6.2%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 12,650
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Los Angeles County (127)
- Total nursing home population: 101,030

in California have been among residents and staff at the state鈥檚 senior residential facilities and skilled nursing homes as of May 8, according to data from California officials. with confirmed COVID-19 infections were located in Los Angeles County as of April 20, according to state health authorities.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 279 (6.2%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 4,504
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Jackson County (18)
- Total nursing home population: 37,874

Around 80 assisted care and nursing homes in Missouri have had residents come down with coronavirus infections as of May 1, according to data from the state鈥檚 Department of Health and Senior Services. St. Louis County, Missouri, where 46 facilities have had confirmed cases, is home to the highest number of nursing homes with outbreaks.

- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 430 (6.7%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 6,424
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Cook County (75)
- Total nursing home population: 66,643

in Illinois were connected to nursing homes as of May 11, according to Erik Runge of WGN9. More than 24 people from just two nursing homes in the state have died from the disease so far.

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- Nursing homes with failing infection control: 102 (7.4%)
- Total nursing homes monitored by Medicare: 1,380
- County with the most unprepared nursing homes: Pulaski County (10)
- Total nursing home population: 17,439

At least have occurred in nursing homes in Arkansas as of May 10, according to data from the Arkansas Department of Health. Nearly 300 people at nursing homes in the state have tested positive for the disease so far.