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Covid-19: Norfolk care home deaths surge blamed on new variant – BBC News
Figures show that more care home residents in Norfolk died with Covid in January than the whole of 2020.
By Matt Precey & Nikki FoxBBC Look East
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image captionMore people with Covid died in Norfolk care homes in January than the whole of 2020
A surge in Norfolk’s care home deaths has been blamed on the new more transmissible coronavirus variant.
The 253 deaths in January reported by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) exceeded the amount for the whole of 2020.
Norfolk’s total for the last week of January was also the highest in England.
James Bullion, the county’s director…
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