Almost 10,000 people with Covid-19 died in care homes in England and Wales in the week ending May 8, the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday in a report.
A total of 37,375 deaths involving Covid-19 were registered in England and Wales between December 28, 2019 and May 8, 2020, it added.
In England, the number of deaths involving Covid-19 in care homes — which were registered by May 8 — was 9,495, while in Wales the number of deaths was 480, the report said.
These figures are provisional and may not show a complete picture of the number of coronavirus deaths in England and Wales.
There have been more than 22,000 excess deaths among care home residents in England and Wales as a direct or indirect result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from the London School of Economics (LSE).
The ONS registered a decrease in deaths occurring in private homes and hospitals, but the percentage of deaths in care homes increased by 42.4% in the week ending May 8, the ONS said.
For the second week running, all regions in England and Wales showed a decrease in the percentage of deaths involving coronavirus, the ONS added.
