At least three-quarters of the nearly 800,000 who have died of COVID have been over 65, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - Joshua Boucher/The State/TNS
One out of every 100 older American has died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began as the nation moves toward a gruesome milestone of 800,000 deaths. At least three-quarters of the nearly 800,000 who have died of COVID have been over 65, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In New York state, many of those deaths occurred in nursing homes, especially at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Earlier this year, health officials said 15,049 residents of elder care facilities had died of the virus, either in the facility or at a hospital. But nursing home ...
