Nursing home resident tests positive for COVID-19; family says they fought to get loved one tested

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina said it will test all residents and workers in nursing homes for the coronavirus.

That news comes as another nursing home in Charlotte is facing an outbreak.

The latest numbers from the state show the Hunter Woods nursing home in north Charlotte has six residents with COVID-19.

>> In the video at the top of the page, Channel 9′s Mark Becker spoke with a family member of a resident who said the number is much higher and she wonders if the testing there came too late.

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