Patterns in COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Long-Term Care Facilities in 2020

Table 1: Average Weekly New Long-Term Care Cases Per 100,000 State Residents, By Month
April May June July August  September October November December
US TOTAL 16.6 11.0 4.8 5.1 5.7 5.1 7.0 14.3 20.6
(25 states) (32 states) (36 states) (36 states) (38 states) (38 states) (38 states) (38 states) (38 states)
Alabama 5.7 7.9 6.8 8.4 9.6 7.1 3.9 4.6 7.1
Arkansas 1.3 1.3 2.6 4.3 6.5 4.5 15.0 22.0 16.9
California 8.8 8.4 3.6 8.7 7.5 3.2 2.4 6.0 23.6
Colorado 9.7 6.8 2.1 1.1 1.1 1.9 3.2 15.8 27.8
Connecticut 52.8 27.0 3.6 1.8 0.7 1.1 5.4 11.9 33.2
Delaware 7.7 9.4 12.2 1.0 1.5 2.8 3.6 3.2 5.9
District of Columbia 9.4 18.7 5.2 1.9 1.8 1.0 1.6 4.9 16.2
Georgia 12.0 7.8 4.7 9.4 11.5 5.3 4.0 6.4 11.5
Idaho 2.1 9.1 14.0 8.0 14.2 23.0 25.3
Illinois 22.5 18.8 9.1 4.0 4.5 4.9 6.3 19.3 30.6
Indiana 9.8 3.7 15.1 3.0 5.6 13.3 26.4 28.5
Kansas 1.6 1.9 2.3 4.8 7.4 11.0 21.4 30.4
Kentucky 4.2 5.2 5.3 6.8 10.6 17.2 31.0 40.5
Louisiana 15.5 16.7 8.6 18.1 21.3 9.5 3.9 8.7 18.4
Maryland 18.6 11.0 5.0 4.4 2.9 2.5 12.5 20.2
Massachusetts 57.7 31.1 9.3 2.4 2.3 1.0 2.6 5.0 10.6
Michigan 1.9 1.8 2.8 2.1 5.4 15.0 23.9
Minnesota 5.2 7.9 2.8 0.9 3.0 2.6 5.8 17.8 19.1
Mississippi 8.0 8.8 6.0 7.1 10.6 9.1 4.1 8.0 11.3
Montana 8.0 22.1 43.8 27.8
Nevada 8.0 3.7 1.8 4.3 6.1 2.3 2.5 7.8 9.6
New Hampshire 17.8 18.5 9.6 2.7 1.8 4.0 7.6 17.7 24.1
New Jersey 72.5 37.3 11.6 3.2 1.0 1.8 2.6 6.9 14.3
North Carolina 4.7 4.7 3.4 5.1 9.3 8.7 9.4 9.4 16.8
Ohio 19.0 10.2 4.7 6.2 7.9 6.4 11.4 29.4 42.3
Oklahoma 5.2 3.4 1.8 3.3 6.0 6.2 7.7 6.7 12.9
Oregon 2.3 2.5 3.9 3.3 3.6 8.6 20.5
Pennsylvania 19.5 15.5 7.1 4.1 4.0 4.4 5.9 16.0 35.7
Rhode Island 36.9 30.5 4.2 1.2 2.7 5.2 3.4 15.9 32.8
South Carolina 5.0 6.1 3.1 9.7 9.1 7.2 5.8 5.9 8.3
South Dakota 15.6 19.9 35.6 34.1
Tennessee 2.7 1.7 1.3 3.7 12.7 9.5 11.4 21.5 22.5
Texas 1.2 2.0 16.1 11.0 6.5 8.4 15.0 19.0
Utah 2.4 3.2 5.9 3.4 5.0 8.3 14.6 16.3
Vermont 0.4 4.5 2.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 6.3 15.4
Virginia 4.9 9.4 5.3 3.3 3.4 4.2 4.5 7.2 13.0
Washington 2.5 2.5 3.6 2.4 2.9 4.4 7.6
Wisconsin 2.6 1.8 1.3 0.7 1.1 0.8 3.8 7.5 7.0
NOTES: Calculations exclude the first week of reported data since the first week of data does not reflect a single week of cases, but rather all cases that have occurred up to that point. State population data is from 2019 US Census Bureau Estimates.
Table 2: Average Weekly New Long-Term Care Deaths Per 100,000 State Residents, By Month
  April May June July August September October November December
US TOTAL 3.0 2.4 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.3 2.1
  (21 states) (32 states) (37 states) (37 states) (37 states) (39 states) (39 states) (39 states) (39 states)
California 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.2
Colorado 1.1 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.0
Connecticut 12.3 10.1 2.4 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.7 2.4
Delaware 2.4 3.2 2.2 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.4
District of Columbia 4.0 3.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
Florida 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.0 2.2 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.8
Georgia 1.1 1.2 0.6 0.8 1.5 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.7
Idaho 0.1 0.7 1.3 0.7 0.6 1.2 1.9
Illinois 3.1 3.3 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 2.0 3.6
Indiana 2.3 0.9 1.7 0.8 0.4 0.9 2.0 3.3
Iowa 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.5 0.7
Kansas 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.2 1.8 3.5
Kentucky 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.8 2.8
Louisiana 2.4 1.2 1.1 2.5 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.5
Maryland 3.2 2.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.8
Massachusetts 11.3 7.5 3.2 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.9
Michigan 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.4 2.7
Minnesota 2.2 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.7 3.9
Mississippi 0.9 2.2 1.2 1.6 2.2 1.6 0.7 1.1 1.8
Montana 0.5 1.5 3.2 2.8
Nevada 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.9
New Hampshire 1.2 2.7 1.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.7 2.6
New Jersey 13.5 7.3 1.8 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6
New York 0.8 3.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.0
North Carolina 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.2
North Dakota 0.2 0.3 0.4 2.0 5.0 7.5 6.1
Ohio 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 2.0
Oklahoma 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8
Oregon 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.7
Pennsylvania 4.2 3.2 2.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.4 3.8
Rhode Island 2.9 8.9 4.0 0.7 0.3 0.9 1.3 1.7 4.4
South Carolina 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.4 1.8 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.3
South Dakota 0.6 2.3 6.0 8.1
Tennessee 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.7
Texas 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.2
Utah 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.8
Virginia 0.4 1.9 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.9
Washington 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5
Wisconsin 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.2 1.4
NOTES: Calculations exclude the first week of reported data since the first week of data does not reflect a single week of deaths, but rather all deaths that have occurred up to that point. State population data is from 2019 US Census Bureau Estimates.
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