Care home coronavirus outbreaks cast doubt on official PHE data
Exclusive: Largest provider says 70 of its homes have had outbreaks, with 20 in the last fortnight
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The UK’s largest care home provider has had Covid outbreaks in 70 of its facilities, prompting questions about whether official figures on the virus’s return to social care may be too low.
As care leaders issued fresh warnings about testing delays, HC-One said it had closed one in five of its 329 homes because of outbreaks and that 20 homes had seen new outbreaks in the last fortnight.
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