ARCHIVE – This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a new particle of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus isolated from a patient, in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Maryland (NIAID / NIH via AP, Archive )
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A continuous outbreak of COVID-19 in a nursing home in Cayuga County took the lives of four more residents on Wednesday.
The Cayuga County Health Department reported the four deaths – two women in their 90s and two men in their 80s – in their latest situational update. Asylum residents tested positive for the virus before they died.
No other information, including the nursing home where the residents lived, was released. But a COVID-19 state tracker reveals that the deaths occurred at The Commons in St. Anthony, a nursing home in Auburn.
Commons is in the midst of an outbreak that affected more than 115 residents of the facility. There were 15 COVID-related deaths in the nursing home, according to the state’s virus tracker.
A spokesman for Loretto, who operates the facility, said earlier this week that droplet precautions are in place throughout the nursing home. According to these protocols, employees are required to wear personal protective equipment, such as face shields, gloves and aprons, when caring for residents.
The outbreak has contributed to the increase in the number of virus-related deaths in Cayuga County in recent weeks. This week, the county reported 13 deaths from COVID-19. There were 25 deaths in 11 days, according to a review of the Department of Health’s daily reports.