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Over 120 people discharged from hospital to Lanarkshire care homes without Covid test

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Lanarkshire’s care homes received more than 120 patients discharged from hospital who weren’t tested for coronavirus at the start of lockdown.In March and April this year, 167 people were discharged to care homes across the region, but 126 of them weren’t tested.Of the 41 who were tested, three came back positive.The figures were obtained following a freedom of information request.In total, 97 patients were discharged to care homes in South Lanarkshire and 70 in North Lanarkshire.Figures for the number of patients tested weren’t broken down by local authority area and given only for Lanarkshire as a whole.According to the National Records of Scotland,.

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