Hampshire council area reports one Covid care home death for third week in a row

Between July 4 and 10 there was one coronavirus-related death in care homes in the Hampshire council area and none in Portsmouth, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

There was one care home death linked to Covid in Southampton care homes in the same week.

This was a repeat of the previous two weeks but a drop from three weeks' prior when there were five deaths in the Hampshire council area.

There have been no Covid-related deaths in Portsmouth care homes since May 11.

Nationally there continued to be a decline as there were 76 deaths in English care homes linked to the virus in the week of July 4, down from 112 the week before.

In England there was a total of 1,528 care home deaths - meaning 4.9 per cent were related to coronavirus. In Hampshire one out of 48 were Covid-19 linked – or two per cent.

But the Hampshire County Council area has still seen the most care home deaths linked to Covid-19 since records began on April 10 with 389.

The total in Portsmouth is 37 and the total in Southampton is 57.

Some of the weekly figures increase in later data releases when more deaths from the period are notified to Care Quality Commission.

As previously reported QA Hospital in Portsmouth has had no coronavirus deaths in five weeks. The total remains at 229.

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