In the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, nursing homes were ravaged by the virus as it spread among staff and closely grouped elderly people with compromised immune systems.
Those communities were prioritized once vaccines came along, and infections dropped markedly there. No more.With the high level of Covid spread occurring across Los Angeles, the county is now experiencing increases in cases among staff and residents at skilled nursing facilities once again, though not nearly to 2020 levels.
This is in part due to the highly transmissible Delta variant and breakthrough infections among the fully vaccinated. While Covid cases among fully-vaccinated Californians are still very rare, they are increasing.
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