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Almost half the care home deaths in Greater Manchester now involve coronavirus

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Half the Greater Manchester care home deaths reported to the social care regulator are now linked to COVID-19, latest figures show.

In the fortnight to last Friday, 48pc of those notified to the Care Quality Commission here involved the virus, according to statistics released this morning.

Oldham recorded the highest percentage - where more than 60pc of care home deaths notified to the regulator were linked to Covid-19.

Separately, the latest Office for National Statistics data shows the number of coronavirus-linked deaths in Greater Manchester’s care homes more than doubled in the week to April 17, accounting for one in five of the conurbation’s total at that point.

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