Care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales are continuing to rise despite the vaccine programme, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.
In the week ending 29 January, 2,505 care home resident deaths were recorded where Covid was mentioned on the death certificate.
That compares with 2,364 care home resident Covid-related deaths a week earlier, up from 1,719 the week before, and 1,370 in the week ending 8 January.
The data refers to all deaths where either the death occurred in a care home or occurred elsewhere but the place of residence of the deceased was recorded as a care home.
The ONS data shows 4,800 care home residents died from all causes in week four, meaning Covid accounted for 52.1 per cent of all deaths.
Figures published by the ONS also shows a total of 34,979 care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 between the week ending 20 March (week 12, 2020) and the week ending 29 January (week four, 2021).
