Coronavirus East Haven: 6 Deaths At Whispering Pines Nursing Home

EAST HAVEN, CT — Mayor Joe Carfora announced Monday night that six people at the Whispering Pines Nursing Home have died from COVID-19 and he said "there may be others." There are other patients there that have tested positive or are "presumed positive" and he said there are staff members who tested positive also.

Carfora said that the first positive case was identified on March 31. He said the town's emergency management director contacted the state Department of Public Health. The nursing home is located at 38 Talmadge Ave.

At the time, the town supplied the nursing home with some "much needed" personal protection equipment. Carfora said town officials and the East Shore Health District have been monitoring the situation several times a day. He noted that the nursing home is licensed by the state health department. He said the DPH is providing oversight, he said.

Carfora said that of the 215 nursing homes in the state 73, or 34 percent have confirmed cases.

"I want to offer my sincere condolences to the families of the deceased," he said.

Among 215 nursing homes in CT, 73 (34%) have had at least one confirmed case of COVID-19. A total of 477 nursing home residents with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 have been identified of whom 142 (30%) were hospitalized and 65 (14%) have died, state health officials said. (To sign up for free, local breaking news alerts from more than 100 Connecticut communities, click here.)

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