92 care homes in the UK have reported Covid-19 outbreaks in one single day, the chief medical officer has confirmed.
NEW data suggests that care home residents have accounted for between 42 per cent and 57 per cent of all deaths related to Covid-19. This would suggest that the daily figures announced by the UK government are vastly underestimated, as they are only deaths in hospitals where a patient had tested positive for the virus.
The announcement comes after industry bosses warned daily death tolls were ‘airbrushing out’ hundreds of older people who have died in the care system. Care UK confirmed 13 residents had died at Stanley Park care home after displaying coronavirus symptoms.
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