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Jul 2020
Last Updated: 07/07/2020
Harrogate care homes near 100 deaths
The figures come on the day the Prime Minister Boris Johnson sparked fierce criticism from care home providers after he blamed them for the number of coronavirus deaths.
Boris Johnson at a construction site.
Harrogate's care homes have now recorded 99 deaths - five more compared with the week before.
The latest figure on care home deaths is from the ONS and only covers deaths that occurred up to June 26.
It comes as Harrogate District Hospital reports its first coronavirus death for the first time in more than two weeks.
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The figures come on the day Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faced fierce criticism from care home providers after he blamed them for the number of coronavirus deaths.
He said on a visit to Yorkshire yesterday that too many care homes did not "follow the procedures."
And a government spokesman said he would not be apologising for the remarks, and said the government had "put in place rigorous testing and additional funding".
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