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Care home deaths more than twice the 5 year average

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Sparklfairy · 19/05/2020 22:48

news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-the-number-of-excess-deaths-in-care-homes-and-hospitals-compared-with-normal-times-is-revealed-11991080

"Between 13 March and 8 May, 39,404 people died in care homes in England and Wales.

The five-year average number of people who die in care homes during that same period is 17,591, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

This means an extra 21,813 deaths occurred during what the ONS record as week 12 and week 19, a rise of 124%."

How have the Government got this so very wrong Sad

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