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COVID Today-May 12 Pandemic politics-North Carolina Health News <br /> fly' <br /> on <br /> PruittHealth <br /> CarolinaPoint <br /> s..k'. <br /> k. <br /> A PruittHealth skilled-nursing facility in Orange County is dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that has killed two.Photo credit: Rose Hoban <br /> From:https://www.northcaro[inahea[thnews.org/2020/05/12/covid-today-may-12/ <br /> New count shows that nearly 60 percent of NC COVID-19 fatalities are in long-term <br /> care <br /> As a state and nation focused on COVID-19 continue to argue the pros and cons of testing, mask- <br /> wearing and social distancing, older people and those with disabilities keep dying in North <br /> Carolina's long-term care centers. <br /> The state Department of Health and Human Services identified four additional skilled nursing <br /> facilities as having outbreaks of the virus since Thursday. They are Genesis Healthcare, Chatham <br /> County, four cases; Harmony Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation, Lenoir County, two cases; <br /> Wilkesboro) Health and Rehabilitation, Wilkes County, four cases; and Oak Forest Health and <br /> Rehabilitation, Forsyth County, one case. <br /> Newly reported deaths of people in nursing homes since last week, with county location, include six <br /> at Treyburn Rehab and Nursing, Durham County; six at Brian Center, Henderson County; five at <br /> https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2020/05/12/covid-today-may-12/[5/13/20, 1:08:47 PM] <br />