Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data

Posted in COVID-19, Senior Living

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare

CMS has posted COVID-19 nursing home data for the week ending October 23, 2022.

Comparing the October 23rd data to the October 16th data shows these changes:

  • Resident primary vaccination completion rate decreased 0.1% from the previous week
  • Residents up to date with vaccines increased 1.% from the previous week
  • Staff primary vaccination completion rate remained the same as the previous week
  • Staff up to date with vaccines decreased 0.2% from the previous week
  • An additional 11,711 resident cases were confirmed this week
  • An additional 329 resident deaths were reported this week
  • An additional 7,792 staff cases were confirmed this week
  • An additional 5 staff deaths were reported this week

Be sure to review your facility’s vaccination rates on the list of every nursing home with recent resident and staff vaccination rates and other pertinent data  as this data will be used for completing the COVID-19 Matrix during survey. State surveyors look at this data in preparation for your survey. You’ll also need to know your current rate (as reported to NHSN) and provide it to the survey team entering your facility. This data is current as of the week ending October 23, 2022.

Last week, CMS released QSO-23-02-ALL … Revised Guidance for Staff Vaccination Requirements. Please review this important Memorandum.  Share it with your team and colleagues.  Attachment A: LTC Facilities (nursing homes) … begins on page 4 of the 163-page document.

The CDC COVID Data Tracker shows these current community transmission levels as of October 31, 2022:

The NHSN Nursing Home Covid-19 Data Dashboard provides this data as of October 31, 2022, at 5:30am ET:

If you’re interested in the COVID-19 variants currently being tracked in the U.S., access the CDC  Summary of Variant Surveillance website.  This page summarizes three different systems being used, including the 1) National SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance System, the 2) National Wastewater Surveillance System, and the 3) Traveler-based SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance Program. Below is the latest data:

Note the variants for the past 2 weeks (10/22 and 10/29/22) in the above graph.