CVS and Walgreens Begin Administering, COVID Vaccines at Nursing Homes.br The companies are working together under br a deal with the federal government.br Walgreens has started to provide the br vaccine at nursing homes through on-site clinics br in Connecticut, Florida and Ohio.br CVS pharmacists are giving the vaccine tobr nursing home residents and staff in Connecticut and Ohio.br Staff from the companies in br other states will begin administering the br vaccine in long-term care facilities next week.br Nursing home residents account br for less than one percent of the br population in the U.S.br But coronavirus-related deaths br in long-term care facilities account br for nearly 40 percent of the br total COVID-19 U.S. death toll.br On Dec. 18, the COVID-19 death toll br in the U.S.