Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership (DGHSCP) has revealed that another resident at the Charnwood Lodge Care Home died this week
It brings the total number of deaths at the home to seven in the past two weeks.
A DGHSCP spokesman said have been working in close partnership with Community Integrated Care to ensure all necessary plans and protocols are in place to manage the outbreak.
He said: “Thoughts are with the family and with staff at this time.
“Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership note that has been a very difficult and distressing situation for all involved, and note the swift action, dedication and commitment of care home operators Community Integrated Care and their colleagues in how they have responded.”
He confirmed that many staff who had been required to enter a period of self-isolation as a result of the outbreak have completed that period and now returned to assist colleagues in managing the situation.
And he added: “Work was immediately undertaken to contain the spread of Covid-19, and this has not been an easy task against what is an invisible and highly transmissible virus.
“This outbreak demonstrates just how challenging it is to contain the virus even when all the correct protocols are being observed.”
