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| Cllr Cracknell - "very difficult for families" |
A TOTAL of 80 deaths within care homes in North East Lincolnshire during 2020 are thought to have been Covid-related.
This was the number of "excess" deaths compared with the average for 2015-19.
Revealing the figure at last night's full council meeting, adult care portfolio holder Cllr Margaret Cracknell expressed sadness at the toll taken by the disease.
"It has been very difficult for families,"she said. "It has been a dreadful situation."
Of the current year's stubbornly high rates of new infections across the borough, she attributed this to outbreaks among staff working at certain food factories, supermarkets and schools.
However, the said latest indications were that rates would fall as the year progresses.
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