A Floyd County long-term nursing facility continues to be hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A Georgia Department of Community Health report stated Rome Health and Rehabilitation on Redmond Circle has 22 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 as well as 35 staff members. Four residents have died as a result of the disease.

Several Rome long-term care facilities reported at least one staff COVID-19 infection to the Department of Community Health — Winthrop Health and Rehab on Chateau Drive, Seven Hills Place on Technology Parkway, PruittHealth — Rome on Three Mile Road, Fifth Avenue Healthcare on Fifth Avenue, Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation Center on Moran Lake Road and Chulio Health and Rehab on Chulio Road. The report stated none of the listed facilities had a resident test positive for the disease.

Meanwhile, Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Chattooga County has still not had any confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of the latest report on Friday of last week.