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‘Tinder boxes’: Secret data reveal how COVID-19 swept through Philadelphia nursing homes

This first-ever picture of the havoc, how it spread, where, and which homes were hit first and hardest is based on data Philadelphia inadvertently made available online that charted test results of residents at those homes from the start of the pandemic through April 23.

Da'nae Frazier, left, and Davetta Frazier stand in front of the Maplewood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, where Brenda Frazier, their grandmother and mother, respectively, was a resident before being sent to the hospital with coronavirus.
Da'nae Frazier, left, and Davetta Frazier stand in front of the Maplewood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, where Brenda Frazier, their grandmother and mother, respectively, was a resident before being sent to the hospital with coronavirus.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer