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Coronavirus: Almost 20,000 people have died in care homes with Covid-19

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Almost 20,000 people in care homes have died with coronavirus, while and one in five residents were infected. Between March 2 and June 12, a total of 19,394 deaths had Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate, whether as an underlying cause or not.

Of these, 16,305 (84%) were classified as "confirmed" Covid-19 and 3,089 (16%) were classified as "suspected" Covid-19. Latest figures released by the Office of National Statistics this morning come as Boris Johnson was asked if an earlier lockdown could have prevented more care home deaths.

The Prime Minister told LBC: "We will have to go back and look at the whole issue of what happened in care homes in great, great detail. Follow all coronavirus updates here on our live blog "I think what

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