UES Nursing Home Tops Manhattan In Coronavirus Deaths: State

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Dozens of residents at one Upper East Side nursing home have died after falling ill with the new coronavirus, making it the deadliest nursing home in Manhattan, according to state data on nursing home fatalities.

Thirty-two residents at the Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home on East 72nd Street near York Avenue have now died of the coronavirus, according to state Department of Health data as of Tuesday, April 21. The state's data includes residents who died both at the nursing home and after transfer to hospitals.

The Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home is the only Manhattan facility to record more than 30 resident deaths. Manhattan nursing homes with more than 20 resident deaths include East Harlem's Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center and the Upper West Side's New Jewish Home and The Riverside.

Alarming death rates at New York nursing homes have prompted a state Department of Health and Attorney General investigation into compliance with state regulations, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday. Nursing homes that cannot provide adequate care and protection from the virus will be subject to fines and possibly the loss of their license.

The state's regulations require nursing homes re-admit patients who have tested positive for virus. The policy has been criticized by officials who warn that forcing nursing homes to take these patients in leaves other senior citizens vulnerable to infection. On Monday, Cuomo admitted he didn't know that the requirement was part of the state's policy toward nursing homes.

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