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The number of people who have died of coronavirus in Renfrewshire care homes has reached 108 as a new taskforce is set up to oversee homes in the area.
A further five people have died of Covid-19 in the last week.
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The increase is the smallest weekly death toll in care homes in the area since early April.
But the figure means that, to date, half of all Covid-19 deaths that have taken place in Renfrewshire have occurred in care homes.
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