PA Nursing Homes With Most Coronavirus Deaths: New Data Released

Kara Seymour
Updated ·2 min read

HARRISBURG, PA — Nearly 66 percent of Pennsylvania's coronavirus deaths are among residents of nursing or personal care homes despite accounting for 21 percent of the total cases in the state, new data shows.

Pennsylvania has reported 5,265 total deaths from COVID-19. Of those, 3,469 occurred in nursing homes.

In total, 69,417 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Pennsylvania as of Tuesday. Of those, 14,990 were nursing home residents, state data shows.

Among the hardest hit nursing homes in the state is Brighton Rehab and Wellness Center in Beaver County, where there have been 368 resident cases and 76 deaths. The National Guard was called in to assist.

According to data updated Tuesday, other Pennsylvania long-term care facilities that have reported the highest number of cases and deaths include:

  • Gracedale Nursing Home, Northampton County: 216 resident cases, 45 deaths

  • Fair Acres Geriatric Center, Delaware County: 173 cases, 44 deaths

  • Manorcare Health Services Sinking Spring, Berks County: 157 resident cases, 44 deaths

  • Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center: 156 resident cases, 41 deaths

  • Neshaminy Manor Home, Bucks County: 128 resident cases, 41 deaths

  • Saunders House, Montgomery County: 119 resident cases, 35 deaths

You can view the number of coronavirus cases and deaths for nursing homes across the state here. This data was last updated Tuesday.

The situation inside Pennsylvania's nursing homes during the pandemic has become so alarming that Attorney General Josh Shapiro said his office has opened criminal investigations into several long-term facilities. Shapiro has not said specifically which facilities are under investigation.

The state has also launched a "universal" coronavirus testing program across all of its nursing homes.

Under the universal testing plan, testing will be done once a week at the facilities. The state lab in Exton will handle the vast majority of samples. In certain cases, private labs will handle the testing, which could cause a slight delay in the return of the data, state officials have said.

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This article originally appeared on the Doylestown Patch