hereAlmost all the excess deaths were recorded in the quarter of care homes which reported COVID-19 fatalities.Only 65% of the excess deaths were officially reported to be directly attributable to COVID-19.It means the remaining 35% - around 10,000 people - have died in those care homes and flagged as non COVID-19 deaths.“Thousands of people have died from Covid-19, but because many weren’t tested, some death certificates failed to attribute cause of death to the virus either directly or indirectly, especially at the beginning of the pandemic” said Dr Marcello Morciano, a Senior Lecturer in Health Policy and economics at The University of Manchester.“This study shows that in care homes, mortality figures attributable in some way to.
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