Eight Dead and Dozens Test Positive With COVID-19 in Connecticut Nursing Home Outbreak

Care giver visits with nursing home resident at a Quality Life Services facility in western Pennsylvania. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association

Eight people have died and nearly 100 residents and staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 after an outbreak in a Connecticut nursing home facility.

Geer Village Senior Community in Canaan, Connecticut, has experienced a wave of cases since reporting three positive cases in October.