(AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)A report released Tuesday shows nursing homes in the U.S. are seeing the lowest number of new COVID cases since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) started tracking back in May 2020. The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) said this report suggests the COVID vaccines are working. The AHCA/NCAL represents more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the nation. “Recent CMS data shows that nursing homes have seen an 82 percent decline in new COVID cases among residents since the peak during the week of December 20 of last year when there were more than 30,000 new resident cases. The report also shows cases have dropped to the lowest level since CMS started tracking weekly COVID cases in nursing homes last May.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – As nursing homes and other long term care facilities over southeast Michigan struggle to prevent outbreaks of coronavirus (COVID-19), one is now dealing with a case of Legionnaires’ disease. The Oakland County Health Department started investigating on June 8 after a resident contracted Legionnaires’ disease. READ: Lawmakers want Michigan AG to investigate nursing homes amid coronavirus pandemicThere are about 140 residents at SKLD Bloomfield Hills, a nursing home and long term care facility in Oakland County. But the health department is especially concerned about the nursing home’s elderly population. Which means some version of water restrictions will remain in place until the end of the year.