A Scots carer has died of coronavirus after recovering from what she thought was just a head cold.
19.04.2020 - 19:29 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Almost half of Scotland's care homes have reported cases of suspected Covid-19 among residents.
New figures released by the Scottish Government show that 42 per cent of service providers have registered some form of outbreak.
As of yesterday (April 18), a total of 459 homes had reported at least one suspected case of the virus at some point.
The Government said it was "important to note that not all of these care homes will still have outbreaks".
They added: "Additional data will be published
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