10 people have died after every resident of a Kansas nursing home got COVID-19
Video above from July: Nursing home residents isolated as virus drags on
Ten people living at a Kansas nursing home have died after an outbreak of COVID-19 infected every resident, according to a .
All 62 residents at the privately owned in Norton have tested positive for the virus, the release states.
"Steps are being taken to prevent any further outbreak including quarantining residents in their rooms and not allowing outside visitors into the facility," the release says, adding that relatives of all residents have been notified.
Some staff members have also tested positive, and the rest are being tested, the release states.
Nationwide, some 252,939 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported among nursing home residents, and more than 59,600 have died, . Nursing home workers also have contracted the disease, and some have died.
One resident of Andbe Home is hospitalized and the remaining 51 are being cared for at the facility, the health department said. Norton, near the Nebraska line, is about a five-hour drive west of Kansas City.
Some of the first U.S. cases of COVID-19 were reported at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington. Several states soon placed due to the virus, but many have since loosened the restrictions so loved ones can visit.
In July and August, on average, "more than one nursing home resident was infected every minute, and 11 residents died every hour," a released last month found. And despite calls for help from communities across the country, some nursing homes still lacked adequate testing capacity and suffered staff and PPE shortages, the report found.
Kansas has reported 71,557 cases of COVID-19 and 870 deaths as of early Tuesday morning, according to data from.