MATT Hancock last night vowed to fix the coronavirus care home crisis after new figures suggested the death toll is being grossly under-estimated.
Every single day, our carers go to work to make a difference to people's lives, and we are working to give them the recognition that they deserveIf true, this would be double the 975 deaths in care homes reported by the Office for National Statistics in the week ending April 10.It could mean the total number of care home deaths since March, when the first deaths occurred, may have exceeded 6,000.
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