ONS data shows 20,664 deaths from March-September and 21,677 from September to April
More people died with Covid in care homes in England and Wales in the second wave of the pandemic than the first, according to official figures.
Data released by the Office for National Statistics shows that, while the rise in coronavirus deaths among care home residents was much sharper during the first wave between March and September 2020, the number and proportion of Covid deaths was higher in the second wave from September to April 2021.
