In the week ending Jan. 9, there were 32,061 new confirmed Covid-19 cases among nursing-home residents, up from 18,186 a week earlier and 6,406 the week before that, according to new CDC data. The recent week’s total was close to the highest documented weekly level, which surpassed 34,000 in December 2020. The CDC data only go back to late May 2020. Cases among staffers are rising even more sharply. In the most recent week of CDC data, there were 57,243 Covid-19 cases among nursing-home staffers, 36% higher than the previous week’s total and nearly double the peak the CDC documented in December 2020.

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From the Texas Trial Lawyers Association news release.