2 Racine County Nursing Homes Investigated For Coronavirus

RACINE COUNTY, WI — Wisconsin health officials say they're investigating coronavirus outbreaks at two different Racine County long-term care facilities.

Overall, health officials say 38 long-term care and skilled nursing facilities are currently undergoing facility-wide public health investigations across the state after at least one resident or staff member tested positive for the new coronavirus.

DHS said one positive case of COVID-19 detected among residents or staff members in a nursing home automatically triggers a facility-wide public health investigation.

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In a statement, DHS said the nursing homes are following proper procedure and working with public health experts to test, protect and isolate residents to prevent the spread of infection.

Here are the affected Racine County long-term care facilities:

Ridgewood Care Center — Racine County
Bay at Burlington Health and Rehabilitation Center — Racine County

The list of facilities with cases of COVID-19 will be updated weekly and could change as investigations start and end.

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• Summary data
• Case data
• Deaths data
• County-level data
• Facility-wide investigations data
• Hospital capabilities data
• Badger Bounce Back dashboard

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