Records from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) show that hundreds of Texas nursing homes violated standards for controlling infectious diseases since the start of COVID-19 pandemic, according to an article on the KVUE website.
As of late October, statewide data shows 31,952 residents have been infected with the virus and 4,745 have died from it. That means about 27 percent of all Texans who died from COVID-19 were in longterm facilities.
Records from the THHSC showing 565 Texas nursing homes and assisted living facilities violated infection control standards at least 1,435 times between early March and mid-August.
Infection control has been a problem in Texas nursing homes for at least the last five or six years, according to representative of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
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