"New York has suffered 6,318 deaths in nursing homes. On a per capita basis, nursing homes deaths in New York are 500 percent higher than Florida and New Jersey is 1,120 percent higher than Florida." Ron DeSantis has touted his decision to keep coronavirus patients out of nursing homes as a key to his state's relatively successful response to the virus. Andrew Cuomo received after it was revealed he issued a directive requiring nursing homes to admit COVID-19 patients before eventually reversing course. But Scalise noted that the Trump administration changed its guidance in mid-March to caution against sending coronavirus patients to nursing homes "not prepared" to handle the disease.

Source: Fox News June 12, 2020 11:47 UTC