Open AccessA COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Massachusetts: Rapidity and extent of spread, resident symptoms, and mortality
Author(s) -
Nicholas Whitcomb,
Maureen Monteleone,
Paul Mange Johansen,
Mark A. Matthews,
Paula Aucoin,
D. M. Burt,
Winthrop F. Whitcomb
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of infection prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1757-1774
pISSN - 1757-1782
DOI - 10.1177/17571774211066773
Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , myalgia , covid-19 , confusion , anorexia , epidemiology , long term care , emergency medicine , environmental health , pediatrics , virology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychiatry , psychology , psychoanalysis
In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 spread rapidly through a long-term care facility in Massachusetts. 74 (of 134 total) residents tested positive, with 72 testing positive in the first three weeks of the outbreak. Fatigue, anorexia, myalgia, and confusion were the most common symptoms. 21 residents (28%) testing positive subsequently died.