77 Percent of Recent CCP Virus Deaths in Connecticut Happened in Nursing Homes

The exterior of Northbridge Health Care Center, one of the facilities designated by Connecticut to take in patients from the hospital who are recovering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but are still contagious and cannot return immediately to their nursing home or other long-term care facility of origin, in Bridgeport, Connecticut on April 23, 2020. Nathan Layne/Reuters

About 77 percent of deaths linked to COVID-19 in Connecticut in late April took place in nursing homes as states around the country struggle to keep the elderly alive amid the pandemic.

Deaths across Connecticut rose by 624 between April 22 and April 29. During that period of time, deaths in nursing homes rose by 481.