TABLE 2. Number of COVID-19 cases identified in nursing homes that conducted facility-wide SARS-CoV-2 testing as part of a statewide strategy targeting all nursing homes (statewide strategy) and those that conducted facility-wide testing only after identification of a known or suspected case (targeted strategy), by resident or health care provider cases identified before facility-wide testing — seven state and local health department jurisdictions, United States, March–June, 2020.
| Types of cases known before testing | Statewide
testing strategy* |
Targeted
testing strategy† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of nursing homes§ | No. of
persons with positive test results¶ |
No. of nursing homes** | No. of
persons with positive test results¶ |
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| Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | |||
| One or more residents |
35 |
7.3 (11.2) |
0–45 |
59 |
25.7 (21.9) |
1–99 |
| Health care personnel
only |
22 |
0.3 (0.6) |
0–2 |
22 |
3.5 (3.2) |
1–13 |
| No cases known | 125 | 0.8 (2.7) | 0–25 | 5 | 0.4 (0.9) | 0–2 |
Abbreviations: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; SD = standard deviation.
* Conducted in two health department jurisdictions (North Dakota and South Carolina).
† Conducted in five health department jurisdictions (Arkansas; Detroit, Michigan; New Mexico; Utah; and Vermont).
§ Thirteen nursing homes from the statewide strategy are excluded because the quantification of health care personnel cases and resident cases before the facility-wide testing was not possible.
¶ At completion of facility-wide testing.
** Seven nursing homes from the targeted strategy are excluded because the quantification of health care personnel cases and resident cases before the facility-wide testing was not possible.