Carbon County Coroner Robert Miller said Weatherwood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Weatherly has 16 COVID-19 deaths, slightly higher than the state reported total of 14 deaths.

According to the Department of Health, there are 59 cases of COVID-19. Fewer than five staff have contracted the illness.

Mahoning Valley nursing home still has no cases. The Summit is not listed in the state report. A query to the department has not been answered at press time.

Monroe County remains a hot spot with 95 cases at the county home, Pleasant Valley Manor. According to state figures, 24 staff have tested positive and there are 21 deaths.

In Whitestone, there are 22 cases, 11 staff who tested positive, and five deaths.

At Grace Park in Stroudsburg, there are 16 cases, with six staff testing positive, and five deaths.

State Sen. John Yudichak, I-Carbon/Luzerne, has been pushing for the state to look at the nursing home issue.

“Officials from the Department of Health have told us that their decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic are data driven, but for 10 weeks the Department has largely ignored the alarming data from Pennsylvania nursing homes, like Weatherwood Healthcare and Rehab Center, that now account for two-thirds of COVID-19 related deaths in the state,” Yudichak said.

“Working with local organizations, like the AllOne Foundation, the Earth Conservancy, the Luzerne Foundation, and the Carbon County Community Foundation, we established the NEPA Nursing Home SOS program, with over $500,000 in private donations to get much needed personal protection equipment and other COVID-19 resources to where the data demonstrates is the true epicenter of the pandemic - our nursing homes.”

A complete list of long-term care cases is available on the health department coronavirus page.