NHS chiefs said almost all homes have now received Covid vaccinations after a rapid stepping-up of the programme last week, with eight understood to be fighting live outbreaks meaning they cannot yet be jabbed.
But the sector is continuing to battle a surge of deaths, which care chiefs are putting down to Christmas and New Year mixing.
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David Finch, who runs the Cephas Care group, revealed his firm recently battled a large outbreak.
“It almost certainly stemmed from the Christmas period,” he said. “We pretty much had every member of staff positive and every resident positive.