Four in 10 residents was the average number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in those for-profit long-term-care facilities. One possible factor: The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration had already cited 80% of Mississippi’s nursing homes for infection-control problems before the pandemic hit.
Kristine De Leon
Kristine de Leon is a reporter for The Oregonian/OregonLive focusing on consumer health, retail, small business and data enterprise stories. She aims to create meaningful dialogue about policies and communities by empowering readers with analysis to back up experiences in a way that anecdotes can't. In addition to reporting, she is passionate about building interactive forms of storytelling that allow audiences to do deep dives and explore data.
