Business Insider reports long-term care facility residents and workers make up one-third of US coronavirus deaths.<br />And in about a dozen states, they account for more than half of all deaths from the virus.<br />Prior estimates suggested COVID-19 deaths related to nursing homes made up about 20% of total US deaths.<br />Tight quarters and overburdened staff also add to the problem.<br />Nursing homes have been considered "death pits" during coronavirus due to residents' age and underlying conditions.<br />They're death pits. One COVID-positive patient in a nursing home produces carnage. Former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey Founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
