Dumfries and Galloway Care Home after testing positive for coronavirus. It is understood “more than 30” people had been affected by a Covid-19 outbreak at the Fleet Valley Care Home in Gatehouse of Fleet.
Care home bosses said coronavirus had been identified as the primary cause of death in one of the victims. A spokesperson for the home said they are deeply saddened by the losses.
A statement read: "It is with great sadness five people we support, who had tested positive for COVID-19, have now passed away. "We are aware of one of these as having COVID-19 being named as the primary cause of death with three having been transferred to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary with other complications.
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