THE number of care home deaths linked to coronavirus in Hampshire has remained the same for two weeks, the latest figures show.
Data collected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed that between May 30 and June 5 there were 15 Covid-19 deaths in care homes in the Hampshire County Council area.
There were also 15 the week before, suggesting an overall decline compared to other weeks when the numbers were as high as 81 in seven days.
This brings the total in Hampshire to 377, meaning it remains the local authority area with the highest number of care home deaths linked to Covid-19 since the records began on April 10.
Between May 30 and June 5 there were no new care home deaths related to the virus in Portsmouth. The last recorded care home death in the city was on May 11.
In England there have now been 11,614 care home deaths linked to coronavirus – with 424 deaths between May 30 and June 5. The previous week there were 535.
Some of the weekly figures increase in later data releases when more deaths in the period are notified to CQC.
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