92 new outbreaks in last 24 hours
Chris Whitty, the UK’s chief medical officer, said around 13 percent of such homes had been affected in total so far. So there have been 92 new Covid outbreaks in care homes across Britain in the last 24 hours. The news is particularly worrying because medical advice suggests that people over 70 years of age and with certain pre-existing health conditions are particularly sensitive to developing serious Covid-19 symptoms.
“On care homes, at the moment, the total number cumulatively across the whole country is around 13.5 percent overall. In the last 24 hours, there have been 92 care homes where an outbreak has been detected,” Mr. Whitty told in the press conference.
He also added that it allows care home staff who are absolutely fantastic and are doing a very difficult job for the benefit of the people who live with them.
Care home staff can isolate people who are symptomatic and try to make sure this does not spread through the care home. The chief medical officer said he would like to see Covid-19 testing increased in care homes. Asked if deaths were recorded properly in such settings, he said that everybody who sadly dies, the doctor will make an assessment based on her or his view about what the cause of death is, that’s what the death certificate says in all cases.
He also added that doctors take it very seriously and try to make sure that they get as much information to give accurate data. Then what they want to do is to extend the amount of testing of people in care homes as the ability to test ramps up over the next few weeks. “Because clearly care homes are one of the areas where there are large numbers of vulnerable people and that is an area of risk and therefore we would very much… like to have much more extensive testing.” The latest figures released today suggest another 717 Covid-19 patients died in UK hospitals, taking the total to 11,329.
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