Data showing the Scots care home providers which recorded the highest and lowest Covid-related death rates has been published.
It follows a review by the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner which found that the figures, gathered by the Care Inspectorate and submitted to it by care providers can lawfully be published.
The care watchdog was notified about 3774 Covid-related deaths from March 16 2020 to March 21 2021 in all care homes, 3761 of those who died were elderly. Glasgow had the highest tally at 537, followed by Edinburgh (385) South Lanarkshire (291) Renfrewshire (214) and North Lanarkshire at 213.
However, Midlothian recorded the highest death rate, with more than 18 deaths per 100 care homes places, followed by Lothian and Clackmannashire, which had 16.
The highest number of deaths were recorded in the first few months of the pandemic from March to June 2020, when 2140 elderly or older adults died in homes, compared to 727 during the second wave of the pandemic, from January to March 2021.
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