https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/06/nearly-80-of-nj-coronavirus-deaths-have-been-residents-65-years-old-and-older.html“ Nearly 80% of the 11,970 deaths attributed to the coronavirus in New Jersey have been residents 65 and older, with the outbreak especially ravaging the vulnerable population in longterm care facilities in the state.”
“ “Seventy-nine and a half percent of the fatalities are of our older brothers and sisters of the age of 65 and older,” Murphy said.
Nearly half of the deaths — 47% — were of residents 80 or older.
At least 5,128 residents at New Jersey’s longterm care facilities, such as nursing and veterans homes, have died from complications related to COVID-19 That’s about 43% of the state’s lab-confirmed deaths.”
