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Nearly 26,000 COVID deaths in nursing homes spur inspections

by Associated Press
| June 1, 2020 4:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents have died from COVID-19, the government reported Monday, as federal officials demanded states carry out more inspections and vowed higher fines for facilities with poor infection control.

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