According to Worldmeter, more than six million coronaviruses are confirmed and
Note the promise was "to provide" - not actually to ensure everybody in the home had had a test, but only that the option had been there to take one.
The promise came following a political storm over the high number of deaths in elderly care homes from Covid-19.
This morning the Department for Health and Social Care told me that the announcement over whether or not that target had been met would not come today - but rather sometime in the next few days.
The DHSC also said it couldn't confirm whether it would be providing extra funds for councils - but that it recognized care homes were facing significant challenges. It said it had already given an extra £600m to help reduce the infection rate in homes.
Figures show that at least 16,000 people have died from the virus in care homes - but that may be an underestimate.
There have been allegations that while the government scrambled to provide PPE to NHS staff, those working and living in care homes had been left to fend for themselves.
England and the rest of the UK have not been alone in their difficulties with care home cases during the pandemic. On 15 May, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that the government would provide tests for every resident and member of staff in elderly care homes in England by early June. Other European countries have also had high numbers of deaths in care homes – with WHO Europe reporting that up to
50% of Covid-19 deaths across the region were in care homes.
The USA, Canada and other countries have also been affected – with coronavirus-related deaths in Canadian care homes corresponding to 72% of all Covid-19 deaths in the country
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