COVID-19 Cases Among Nursing Home Staff Down 94% Between December 2020 & March 2021
Between December 20, 2020, and March 16, 2021, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases fell about 94% among nursing home staff members, from 27,788 cases the week of December 20 to 1,651 cases the week of March 16. Starting in December 2020, nursing home staff were among the first to be offered COVID-19 vaccinations. During the same period, the share of nursing home and long-term care staff expressing vaccine hesitancy has dropped by 41%, from 39% in December to 23% in March.
Between December 2020 and March 2021, the share of nursing home and long-term . . .