About a quarter of the US deaths from COVID-19 – nearly 74,000 of the 280,000 – have been nursing home residents and caregivers. COVID-19 cases at nursing homes are at record levels, reaching 18,238 cases for the week ending Nov. 15, the most recent data available. And about 1 in 5 nursing home residents with COVID-19 die from the illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.