Three new coronavirus outbreaks reported at Triangle nursing, assisted-living facilities
Three new outbreaks of COVID-19 have been reported over the past week at Triangle nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, according to state data released Friday afternoon.
New cases were reported this week at Pettigrew Rehabilitation Center in Durham, Barbour Court Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Smithfield and HeartFields at Cary.
There have now been outbreaks at 20 nursing homes or assisted-living facilities in the Triangle. The state Department of Health and Human Services considers 17 to be ongoing.
Long-term care facilities have been epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States and elsewhere. Residents’ chronic health conditions and close living conditions put them at risk of contracting the virus and experiencing severe symptoms.
In North Carolina, 4,360 residents of those facilities have tested positive for COVID-19, and 579 have died. Residents in those facilities make up 60% of the state’s deaths attributed to the coronavirus.
The state reports new figures on congregate living facilities on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Since last Friday, Pettigrew has reported two cases, one each for a resident and staff member. Barbour Court reported two cases among staff. HeartFields reported two cases among residents.
No fatalities have been reported at the three facilities. Two new deaths have been reported since Tuesday at Triangle facilities.
Twenty-two residents at The Laurels of Chatham in Pittsboro have died, up from 21 on Tuesday. Sixty-nine residents and 40 staff members have caught the virus.
Nineteen residents at Springbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Clayton have died, up from 18 on Tuesday. Fifty-eight residents and 25 staff members have tested positive.
Nine other Triangle facilities have had dozens of residents test positive for the virus.
▪ At PruittHealth — Carolina Point near the Orange-Durham county line, 87 residents and 25 staff members have tested positive. Twenty residents have died.
▪ At Durham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 79 residents and 32 staff members have tested positive. Seventeen residents have died.
▪ At Treyburn Rehabilitation Center in Durham, 71 residents and 26 staff members have tested positive. Twenty-one residents have died.
▪ At Genesis Healthcare’s Siler City Center, 73 resident and 16 staff members have tested positive. Six residents have died.
▪ At Signature HealthCARE in Chapel Hill, 63 residents and 21 staff members have tested positive. Twenty residents have died.
▪ At Wellington Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Knightdale, 40 residents and 41 staff members have tested positive. Fourteen residents have died.
▪ At Carver Living Center in Durham, 32 residents and 22 staff members have tested positive. One resident has died.
▪ At Sunnybrook Rehabilitation Center in Raleigh, 34 residents and 14 staff members have tested positive. Six residents have died.
▪ At UNC Rex Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center of Apex, 25 residents and 13 staff members have tested positive. Three residents have died.
