Buried in the numbers revealed by the National Public Health Emergency Team last night was a very sharp increase in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in nursing homes and also a big increase in the number of deaths there.
It was revealed that there are now 1,944 laboratory confirmed cases of the virus in nursing homes. That is 61% higher than the number of nursing home infections revealed by NPHET on Monday, an increase of 740 cases in two days.
The number of nursing home residents who have died from the Coronavirus also rose sharply. It's up to 348 people yesterday from 276 on Monday, an extra 72 deaths.
But that's not all. Another 102 residents are also suspected or presumed to have died from the virus. This brings the number of