Covid Update 10.18.21

COVID Update 10/18/2021 All Numbers Below Are Cumulative Since 9/27/2021

Outbreak Start Date: 10/1/2021
The facility follows NJ DOH guidelines and recommendations for COVID-19 infection control, including (but not limited to): daily health/temperature screenings, weekly testing of unvaccinated staff one or two times a week, per the COVID activity level of country and region, testing of staff or resident who may present with signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19, and when a new COVID positive case in the building is identified, immediate testing and initiating facility-wide testing for all staff and residents regardless of vaccination status every 3-7 days until there are no new cases identified in staff or residents for 14 days.# of COVID-Positive Residents: 12# of COVID-Presumptive: 0# Indeterminate: 0# of COVID-Positive Staff:  4# Indeterminate: 0# of Recovered Residents: 0# of Recovered Staff: 2# of COVID-Related Resident Deaths: 0# of COVID-Related Staff Deaths: 0   _____________________________________________________________________­_

Facility-Wide Weekly Testing Results: Residents PCR Tested: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21 Number of Residents Tested: 30 Number Negative: 23 Number Positive: 7   Residents POC Tested: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21 Number of Residents Tested: 375 Number Negative:  363 Number Positive: 12   Staff PCR Tested: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21 Number of Staff Tested:  0   Staff POC Tested: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21 Number of Staff Tested:  290 Number Negative: 288 Number Positive: 2  

DUE TO NJDOH CALI SCORE RANKING <10%, MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF POC TESTING WAS NOT CLINICALLY INDICATED. https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/statistics/covid/