Basing decisions on overall COVID-19 case counts and mortality can be misleading and offer faulty guidance for delivering public health interventions to high risk populations. A University of Illinois School of Public Health and Purdue research team has been examining spatial and temporal patterns of COVID-19 mortality with a focus on the significant loss of life from COVID-19 among Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) residents in contrast to mortality in the community residents of private households (non-LTCF).
