Three-quarters of the more than 600 long-term care facilities in the state have been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. At least 1,779 residents have died — that's about 40 percent of the state's death toll. And there are nearly 11,000 COVID cases in the facilities.
The hardest hit is a veterans home in Paramus with 155 confirmed cases and 39 deaths.
The Andover Sub-Acute Care facilities — where the discovery of 17 bodies in a makeshift morgue last week lead to a state investigation — also has 39 deaths.
The new data provided by the state is self-reported by each facility, which includes nursing homes, assisted living facilities, veterans homes, dementia homes and developmental centers. The deaths include residents who tested positive for the virus and died, and those who weren't tested but passed away of respiratory illness.