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UK care home Covid-19 deaths ‘may be five times government estimate’

The number of care home residents who have died from coronavirus could be more than five times the government’s estimate, the sector’s main charity has warned.

Care England, Britain’s largest representative body for care homes, told the Daily Telegraph that up to 7,500 care home residents may have died of the virus.

This is significantly higher than the figure of 1,400 people estimated to have died by the government earlier this week.