Senior care centers have been at the center of Washington state’s coronavirus crisis ever since an outbreak at the Life Care Center in Kirkland led to the nation’s first deaths associated with the virus in late February.

As of Friday, 169 facilities around the state had at least one confirmed case, up from 80 at the end of March, according to state data shared by an association of long-term care facilities.

Two-thirds of the nursing homes in Washington now have a confirmed or suspected case of coronavirus, as do nearly one-fourth of assisted-living facilities, according to Deb Murphy of LeadingAge Washington. Her association represents mostly non-profit providers of housing and care for seniors in Washington.  NPR Article