In Northern Ireland, where the reproduction or 'R' number is 0.8, nearly half of the COVID-19 deaths have occurred in care homes.
Forty-five percent of all coronavirus deaths in Northern Ireland have been in care homes - far higher than the 25% in England and Wales.
But the number fell last week for the first time and one facility in County Armagh has beaten the odds to record an 86% recovery rate. Sky News was given exclusive access to Rosemount Care Home in Portadown where staff believe they are beating the virus.Twenty-nine of the residents tested positive for COVID-19 but 25 of them have recoveredbut 25 of them have made a full recovery.
Bobby Sinnamon, 84, said he was frightened to go to bed at night in case he didn't wake up the next morning.He said:"I didn't care whether I lived or died. As a matter of fact, I expected to die and I thought it would be a good thing. I prayed to God that he'd take me.
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