Around 8,000 more Britons have died at home since the start of the pandemic than ordinarily, with 80 per cent dying of conditions unrelated to Covid-19. Staff at the care homes would have not realised they had the virus so may not have been wearing adequate protective clothing or taken other infection control precautions. Analysis by The Guardian shows the number of deaths in care homes in England and Wales in the week to April 24 was 3.1 times higher than normal. In England and Wales, 32,633 deaths were recorded in care homes - over twice the figure expected at this time of year. While there were 597 excess deaths in Scottish care homes in the seven weeks to May 3, these are lower than the number of coronavirus-related deaths.

Source: Daily Mail May 09, 2020 00:55 UTC