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State-By-State Breakdown: COVID-19 Testing Positivity Rates Among The General Population

The document provides state-by-state data on COVID-19 testing positivity rates among the general population and percentages of nursing homes facing shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE). It shows that 11,640 nursing homes would be required to conduct weekly staff testing based on states having a positivity rate of 5% or greater. Additionally, it reports significant percentages of nursing homes in several states lack a one-week supply of N95 masks, surgical masks, and gowns based on recent federal data. The continued shortage of PPE for nursing homes, especially in states seeing new COVID-19 case increases, is a major concern.

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State-By-State Breakdown: COVID-19 Testing Positivity Rates Among The General Population

The document provides state-by-state data on COVID-19 testing positivity rates among the general population and percentages of nursing homes facing shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE). It shows that 11,640 nursing homes would be required to conduct weekly staff testing based on states having a positivity rate of 5% or greater. Additionally, it reports significant percentages of nursing homes in several states lack a one-week supply of N95 masks, surgical masks, and gowns based on recent federal data. The continued shortage of PPE for nursing homes, especially in states seeing new COVID-19 case increases, is a major concern.

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State-By-State Breakdown: COVID-19 Testing Positivity Rates Among The General Population

On July 22, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that, 7-Day
“CMS will begin requiring, rather than recommending, that all nursing homes in states Total # 7-Day Total #
Positive
with a 5% positivity rate or greater test all nursing home staff each week.” If State Nursing State Positive Nursing
Testing
Homes Testing % Homes
implemented today, 11,640 nursing homes would be required to conduct such %
weekly testing. AZ 22.7% 146 VA 5.9% 287
MS 21.5% 204 PA 5.9% 695
FL 19.2% 699 MD 5.7% 226
AL 19.1% 228 OH 5.6% 953
ID 17.6% 82 SD 5.5% 104
SC 15.9% 190 WA 5.2% 205
NV 14.4% 66 OR 5.1% 130
GA 14.3% 358 MN 4.8% 368
MO 13.0% 522 DE 4.5% 47
TX 12.9% 1,219 MT 4.2% 71
KS 11.0% 331 RI 4.0% 80
AR 10.5% 227 NM 4.0% 71
IA 9.9% 434 IL 3.7% 721
LA 9.7% 278 WV 3.0% 123
UT 9.1% 98 HI 2.8% 45
TN 8.5% 316 MA 2.6% 376
NE 8.3% 201 MI 2.6% 441
WY 8.2% 37 AK 2.4% 19
“Governors and state health agencies in these 33 states need to take immediate action
KY 8.0% 285 NH 2.3% 74
to protect nursing homes by ensuring facilities have adequate supplies of PPE
CA 7.8% 1,194 DC 2.2% 18
(including N95 masks), putting pressure on lab companies in their states to expedite
test results for our residents and caregivers, and mandating all residents of their state IN 7.8% 533 NJ 1.6% 363
wear masks in public to help reduce the spread of COVID in the surrounding CO 7.3% 225 CT 1.6% 216
communities.” WI 7.2% 355 NY 1.1% 619
ND 6.8% 80 ME 0.7% 93
Mark Parkinson, President & CEO
American Health Care Association OK 6.6% 298 VT 0.7% 35
National Center for Assisted Living NC 5.9% 428
AHCA/NCAL
Sources: Johns Hopkins University (July 26, 2020) & COVID Tracking Project (July 26, 2020)
State-By-State Breakdown: Percent Of Nursing Homes With Less Than One Week Supply Of PPE
And COVID-19 Testing Positivity Rates Among The General Population

CMS Data: Percent of nursing


7-Day 7-Day
% nursing homes without % nursing homes without
homes without one-week supply Positive Positive
one-week supply of one-week supply of
of various PPE. Testing Testing
N95 Surgical N95 Surgical
This data, released July 30, 2020 State % Gowns State % Gowns
Masks Masks Masks Masks
by the Centers for Medicare &
AK 2.4% 13% 0% 0% MT 4.2% 26% 23% 21%
Medicaid Services (CMS), is from
AL 19.1% 26% 14% 15% NC 5.9% 23% 15% 16%
required federal reporting by
nursing homes across the country AR 10.5% 11% 4% 2% ND 6.8% 6% 5% 4%
on current supply of PPE (N95 AZ 22.7% 14% 8% 11% NE 8.3% 17% 5% 12%
Masks, Surgical Masks, Gowns). CA 7.8% 10% 6% 7% NH 2.3% 49% 43% 46%
CO 7.3% 19% 15% 17% NJ 1.6% 16% 9% 12%
CT 1.6% 20% 10% 16% NM 4.0% 43% 40% 42%
DC 2.2% 6% 0% 0% NV 14.4% 11% 4% 4%
“The continued shortage of vital
DE 4.5% 24% 20% 16% NY 1.1% 8% 3% 6%
PPE supplies for nursing homes
across the U.S. is a major concern FL 19.2% 14% 7% 8% OH 5.6% 15% 6% 9%
especially for states with recent GA 14.3% 9% 7% 9% OK 6.6% 16% 1% 3%
spikes in new COVID cases.” HI 2.8% 12% 7% 14% OR 5.1% 9% 7% 13%
IA 9.9% 26% 15% 24% PA 5.9% 12% 9% 11%
Mark Parkinson
President & CEO ID 17.6% 23% 8% 8% RI 4.0% 15% 11% 18%
IL 3.7% 8% 5% 8% SC 15.9% 19% 6% 11%
American Health Care Association IN 7.8% 10% 8% 9% SD 5.5% 12% 7% 10%
National Center for Assisted Living KS 11.0% 20% 13% 14% TN 8.5% 21% 12% 16%
AHCA/NCAL 8.0% 12.9%
KY 10% 9% 10% TX 4% 1% 3%
LA 9.7% 12% 3% 6% UT 9.1% 4% 3% 2%
MA 2.6% 14% 13% 14% VA 5.9% 19% 14% 14%
MD 5.7% 12% 16% 19% VT 0.7% 26% 26% 26%
ME 0.7% 34% 33% 18% WA 5.2% 15% 14% 20%
MI 2.6% 14% 5% 11% WI 7.2% 15% 9% 15%
MN 4.8% 11% 8% 12% WV 3.0% 34% 32% 33%
MO 13.0% 8% 5% 7% WY 8.2% 23% 19% 19%
MS 21.5% 14% 8% 12%

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