LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says at least 1,216 residents of nursing homes have died from the coronavirus, accounting for nearly a quarter of all COVID-19 deaths.
Director Robert Gordon told a legislative hearing Wednesday that the number is incomplete because 13% of facilities aren't reporting to the state, including in hard-hit metro Detroit. Gordon says health departments in Wayne and Oakland counties show 400 more deaths not reflected in the state’s data.
That would mean nursing home residents account for a third of Michigan's COVID-19 death toll.
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