While hospitals form the frontline of the war against the coronavirus in the UK and US, care homes are fighting a hidden battle
The elderly are the demographic most at risk from the coronavirus with death rates for those infected with the disease over the age of 80 atNowhere is this stark statistic on clearer display than at care homes across the US and UK where mass casualties have been reported because of the disease.
“The staff was overwhelmed by the number of bodies,” said Andover Police Chief Eric Danielson, adding that his officers helped move 13 bodies to a refrigerated trailer at another medical site. The data relied on information from 29 states, so there were more than a thousand facilities not added to the data.In New York state alone, the number of Covid-19 deaths jumped from 1,330 to 3,060 last weekAuthorities in the UK have faced criticism for their handling of care home deaths, particularly for not including the deaths in its official tally of coronavirus victims., two of the UK’s biggest nursing homes had 521 coronavirus deaths between them alone.
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