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Care home deaths UK – how many are affected by coronavirus and can staff get tested?

BRITAIN'S care home residents are in danger as recorded coronavirus deaths among the elderly continue to rise sharply

On Easter Monday, the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, said 13 per cent of care homes across Britain had been struck by Covid-19 so far. Here's the details...

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 Thirteen residents died after displaying coronavirus at Stanley Park care home
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Thirteen residents died after displaying coronavirus at Stanley Park care homeCredit: Reuters

How many care homes are there in the UK?

There are a total of 21,723 care homes in the UK, including Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands.

Professor Chris Whitty, has said coronavirus is present in around 13.5 per cent of care settings across the UK.

Speaking at the coronavirus press conference on April 13, Professor Whitty said: "If an outbreak is suspected, public health authorities will go in to do testing to assess if an outbreak has taken place."

He added he would like Covid-19 testing to be increased in care homes.

 Tranent Care Home in East Lothian is among the care homes that have been hit heavily
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Tranent Care Home in East Lothian is among the care homes that have been hit heavilyCredit: Alamy Live News

Which homes been affected by coronavirus?

At the Stanley Park Care Home in Stanley, County Durham, 16 people died after suffering Covid-19, as of April 28.

Wren Hall Nursing Home in Nottinghamshire confirmed that nine residents have died after testing positive for the coronavirus by April 14.

Sir David Behan, executive chairman of HC One, says 232 - or around two thirds - of the firm's homes have Covid-19 outbreaks, with 2,447 confirmed or suspected cases, as of April 14.

Some 311 residents and one member of staff are thought to have died from the disease at HC One homes leaving staff feeling "helpless", Sir David said.

Nine elderly residents died in Scots care home Tranent in  East Lothian.

This follows similar tragedies in Glasgow and Dumbarton that have claimed another 24 lives.

One ex-minister warned vulnerable residents have been "abandoned like lambs to the slaughter" and claimed senior citizens were being "airbrushed" from daily figures.

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How many care homes deaths have there been in the UK?

As of April 24, the Care Quality Commission revealed that there had been 4,343 care home deaths in England.

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This was an increase of 1,247 from the previous week.

National Records of Scotland said that 537 care home residents had died up to April 19, while 384 homes had an Covid-19 outbreak.

But reports suggest that the overall death toll could actually be 54 percent higher as Office for National Statistics claimed on April 28 that some deaths have yet to be added - including those in care homes.

Coronavirus outbreaks at 92 care homes across UK in past 24 hours after 13 residents die at one home
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