State investigates more than 25 long-term care centers

 

April 17, 2020

Whitney Bryen, Oklahoma Watch

An ambulance is seen outside of a senior living facility in Oklahoma City on March 28.

More than 25 long-term care facilities were under investigation by the state last week as coronavirus outbreaks kept rising, with now 25 deaths of residents and 335 positive cases. But officials are releasing few details.

The homes under investigation include Grace Skilled Nursing and Therapy in Norman, which has the state's largest outbreak, now with 10 residents' deaths, and Mangum Skilled Nursing and Therapy, where three residents died, according to an April 6 report by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, obtained by Oklahoma Watch, and agency data. Both facilities are owned at least i...



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