Majority of Frederick County COVID-19 deaths from long-term care facilities

About 85 percent of Frederick County’s deaths from COVID-19 are residents of nursing homes, according to newly released data.

Frederick County has a total of 440 confirmed cases of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 among nursing home staff and residents, according to data released by the Maryland Department of Health Wednesday. New data on active cases in long-term care facilities is released each Wednesday by the state health department.

However, the most recent list of long-term care facilities does not include Heartfields Assisted Living at Frederick, which has at least four deaths related to COVID-19, according to previous reports. HeartFields was removed because there are no longer active cases at the facility, said Maryland Department of Health spokesman Charlie Gischlar.

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