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An assisted living home in California is now under investigation after at least 13 people died from coronavirus there and lots were sickened.
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Workplace said Wednesday it opened a probe into the Gateway Rehab and Care Center in Hayward, Calif., where 67 individuals contracted COVID-19, one of numerous facilities getting “specific attention.”
” It’s complicated since a lot of people in (long-term care centers) are currently in vulnerable health, however it doesn’t suggest we are not looking and being extensive in how we are performing the examination,” District Lawyer Nancy O’Malley told the Bay Area News Group.
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Assisted living home have become a focus of increased issue as coronavirus cases spike amidst an international pandemic. In the start of April, a center in Yucaipa in San Bernardino County had more than 50 citizens infected with the coronavirus.
An ambulance leaves the Entrance Care and Rehab Center on Thursday. At least 13 patients at the facility have died of coronavirus, and 41 others have been infected.
( AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Another facility in the southern part of the state had at least 30 citizens and personnel sickened.
Of the 67 people sickened at the facility in Hayward, 41 are clients and 26 are staff members.
Emergency Medical Technician’s move a stretcher at the Gateway Care and Rehab Center on Thursday, in Hayward, Calif.. At least 13 patients at the center have actually passed away of coronavirus, and 41 others have actually been infected.
( AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Loved ones of some victims who passed away at Entrance Care & Rehabilitation Center and employee formerly informed KTVU that for a time, nobody was wearing protective masks at the center.
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” We are deeply worried about the situation at Entrance. We are working with the state and health center provider partners to target interventions,” Alameda County Public Health spokeswoman Neetu Balram told Bay City News.
A spokesperson for the Entrance Care & Rehabilitation Center decreased to comment to local media.
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Since Wednesday, there were 27,098 cases of COVID-19 in California with a minimum of 890 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
