CMS Posts Latest COVID-19 Data for Week Ending September 12, 2021

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

CMS has posted nursing home COVID-19 data for week ending September 12, 2021.

This latest data set shows these changes from the September 5th data set:

  • Resident vaccination remains unchanged from the previous week
  • Staff vaccination increased 0.7% from the previous week
  • Resident confirmed cases increased 5,257 from the previous week
  • Staff confirmed cases increased 6,968 from the previous week
  • An additional 435 resident deaths from the previous week

An additional 6 staff deaths from the previous week