COVID-19 Infections Vanish From Morris Co. Nursing Homes Totals

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - On Monday, there were 1,699 COVID-19 cases are spread among the 41 impacted long-term care facilities. On Wednesday, that number had dropped to 1,156.

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The 583 decrease in patients came with new reporting on confirmed COVID-19 infections and staff among patients and staff in long-term care facilities.

During his Monday briefing, Gov. Phil Murphy had mentioned changes to the way the numbers were being reported and the word "confirmed" was what was being used. On Tuesday, the Department of Health slashed the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by 1,400, dropping the "official" number from 5,700 to 4,295.

The change drew the ire of Senator Joseph Pennacchio, who is calling for a Senate Select Committee to investigate the Executive Branch's handling of the pandemic after a report the Administration has altered the total of COVID-related nursing home deaths.

"It is a disturbing and ineffective attempt to cover up the extent of an ongoing tragedy that has wreaked havoc in nursing homes," said Pennacchio after a published report that the state had altered its accounting of virus deaths in senior facilities.

For comparison, here are the numbers released Monday of the patients positive for the coronavirus, followed by the number of deaths:

• Cheshire Home, 9, 0
• Brookdale, 10, 0
• Fox Trail Memory Care Living Chester, 1, 1
• Sunrise Assisted Living of Morris Plains, 4, 1
• Spring Hills of Morristown, 9, 2
• CareOne at Morris Assisted Living, 8, 2
• The Oaks at Denville, 20, 3
• Cedar Crest Senior Living Community, 34, 3
• Arden Courts of Whippany, 12, 3
• Sunrise of Randolph, 11, 3
• Garden Terrace Nursing Home, 11, 3
• Arbor Terrace Morris Plains, 17, 3
• The Country Home Memory Care Facility 9, 4
• Victoria Mews Assisted Living, 52, 4
• Fox Trail Memory Care Living Montville, 9, 5
• Sunrise of Madison, 17, 5
• Bentley Commons at Paragon Village, 20, 5
• Lincoln Park Renaissance and Villas at JDT, 68, 5
• Boonton Care Center, 29, 6
• Troy Hills Center, 58, 7
• Weston Assisted Living Residence, 18, 7
• Brightview Randolph LLC, 25, 7
• The Chelsea at Montville, 24, 8
• Mt. Arlington Senior Living, 23, 8
• Heath Village Hackettstown, 63, 9
• Pine Acres Healthcare and Rehab/Convalescent Center, 56, 9
• Juniper Village at Chatham, 11, 10
• Merry Heart Nursing Home, 31, 11
• The Villa at Florham Park, 49, 12
• Cedar Crest - Mountainview Gardens, 53, 12
• Morristown Post Acute Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 69, 14
• Chatham Hills Subacute Care Center, 62, 16
• New Jersey Firemen's Home, 61, 19
• Regency Grande Nursing and Rehabilitaion Center, 49, 19
• Holly Manor Center, 72, 20
• Brighton Gardens of Florham Park, 61, 25
• Morris View Healthcare Center, 125, 25
• CareOne at Morris Parsippany-Troy Hills, 134, 33
• CareOne at Madison Avenue, 90, 40
• Lincoln Park Care Center, 211, 60

Now here are Wednesday's numbers with the facilities in Morris County that have patients positive for the coronavirus, followed by the number of COVID-19 confirmed residents, followed by the number of COVID-19 confirmed staff, followed by the number of COVID-19 confirmed deaths among residents and ending with the number of COVID-19 confirmed deaths among staff:

• Cheshire Home, 4, 5, 0, 0
• Brookdale Florham Park, 8, 6, 0, 0
• The Oaks at Denville, 2, 2, 0, 0
• Fox Trail Memory Care Living Chester, 0, 1, 1, 0
• Sunrise Assisted Living of Morris Plains, 3, 1, 1, 0
• Spring Hills of Morristown, 6, 3, 2, 0
• CareOne at Morris Assisted Living, 5, 3, 2, 0
• The Oaks at Denville, 13, 7, 3, 0
• Cedar Crest Senior Living Community, 16, 18, 3, 0
• Arden Courts of Whippany, 5, 7, 3, 0
• Sunrise of Randolph, 6, 5, 3, 0
• Garden Terrace Nursing Home, 8, 3, 3, 0
• Arbor Terrace Morris Plains, 8, 8, 3, 0
• The Country Home Memory Care Facility, 8, 1, 4, 0
• Victoria Mews Assisted Living, 28, 24, 4, 0
• Fox Trail Memory Care Living Montville, 5, 4, 5, 0
• Sunrise of Madison, 9, 8, 5, 0
• Bentley Commons at Paragon Village, 8, 12, 5, 0
• Lincoln Park Renaissance and Villas at JDT, 47, 24, 5, 0
• Boonton Care Center, 23, 9, 6, 0
• Troy Hills Center, 44, 14, 7, 0
• Weston Assisted Living Residence, 9, 9, 7, 0
• The Chelsea at Montville, 18, 6, 8, 0
• Pine Acres Healthcare and Rehab/Convalescent Center, 44, 12, 8, 1
• Mt. Arlington Senior Living, 16, 7, 8, 0
• Brightview Randolph LLC, 16, 9, 8, 0
• Heath Village Hackettstown, 39, 24, 9, 0
• Juniper Village at Chatham, 1, 10, 10, 0
• Merry Heart Nursing Home, 23, 8, 11, 0
• Cedar Crest - Mountainview Gardens, 27, 20, 11, 0
• The Villa at Florham Park, 34, 15, 12, 0
• Morristown Post Acute Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 47, 22, 14, 0
• Chatham Hills Subacute Care Center, 40, 24, 16, 0
• New Jersey Firemen's Home, 33, 28, 19, 0
• Regency Grande Nursing and Rehabilitaion Center, 33, 16, 19, 0
• Holly Manor Center, 57, 15, 20, 1
• Brighton Gardens of Florham Park, 45, 16, 24, 1
• Morris View Healthcare Center, 100, 25, 25, 0
• CareOne at Morris, 102, 32, 33, 0
• CareOne at Madison Avenue, 62, 29, 41, 0
• Lincoln Park Care Center, 154, 60, 62, 0

Also new to the list of metrics is a total of staff infections. In Morris County that number is 552 with three deaths. The number of patient deaths is 430. Both lists of facilities were provided by the state Department of Health; there may be discrepancies due to a delay in communications between the facilities and the state.

"The Administration has yet to explain the disastrous policies that led to carnage among the vulnerable and fragile senior population that had been literally held captive in under-prepared facilities so somebody decided to cook the books and erase the loss of almost 1,500 precious souls," said Pennacchio.

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