Business Insider reports thousands of nursing home residents in the US have died of the novel coronavirus COVID-19.<br />Reports from NBC News and The Wall Street Journal show the contagion among nursing homes is far worse than the federal government's latest estimate.<br />However, at least 13 states did not provide data to NBC News or the Wall Street Journal, including Florida, which has a high population of seniors.<br />Nearly 2,500 nursing homes are facing outbreaks. In New York, some nursing homes are converting spare rooms into makeshift morgues.<br />The number of nursing homes and other senior facilities with coronavirus cases is at least six times higher than the latest federal estimate.<br />Nursing home leadership is calling for more emergency support from lawmakers.
