The coronavirus is surging back into Minnesota's senior homes, with facilities running desperately short of the one resource they cannot go without — staff.
Across the state, a second wave of coronavirus cases is raging through nursing homes and assisted-living facilities that escaped the first wave of outbreaks this spring, once again threatening older adults who are most at risk of dying from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus.
Nearly 11,000 residents have tested positive for the new coronavirus, with one out of five dying from COVID-19 complications.
This time, the virus is infiltrating many facilities in rural communities where staffing shortages are more severe and residents have fewer options.