Why is Massachusetts getting a pass on Covid nursing home deaths? Baker is as progressive as the D governors. His hands are just as dirty. Coronavirus Has Killed Thousands At MA Nursing Homes: DPH Data

More than 800 people have died of the coronavirus at just a handful of nursing homes in Massachusetts during the pandemic, new data shows.

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May 28, 2020 11:08 am ET

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The Soldier's Home in Holyoke, where 76 veterans have died during the coronavirus pandemic. The Julian J Levitt Family Nursing Home in Longmeadow is close behind with 66 deaths.

The Soldier's Home in Holyoke, where 76 veterans have died during the coronavirus pandemic. The Julian J Levitt Family Nursing Home in Longmeadow is close behind with 66 deaths. (Keiko Hiromi/AFLO/Shutterstock)

WORCESTER, MA — The severe toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on nursing homes in Massachusetts came into focus Wednesday when the state Department of Public Health released data on deaths at more than 300 senior care facilities across the state.

More than 4,041 of the state's 6,547 COVID-19 deaths are linked to nursing homes. But more than half of the nursing home deaths — 2,350 — have occurred at just 84 facilities that have seen more than 20 deaths each, according to the data. More than 800 people died at just the top 20 hardest-hit facilities alone.

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