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England has reported nine more Covid-19 deaths and Wales has reported one, taking the UK’s total to 41,511. No additional fatalities have been recorded in Scotland or Northern Ireland, as they move towards a whole week without any deaths. The Department of Health are yet to disclose the official death tally for the past 24 … Read more
Another four people have died of Covid-19 in English hospitals, taking the total to 41,503, but no fatalities have been reported by Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The Department of Health are yet to disclose the official death tally for the past 24 hours, which may be higher or lower than the preliminary toll which … Read more
A further three people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, preliminary figures show. This figure brings the UK’s total death toll during the pandemic to 41,426. The number is set to be much higher when the all settings figures – which include deaths in care homes and the wider community – are … Read more
England today announced five more Covid-19 deaths in the preliminary toll while Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland registered none once again. The early count only includes laboratory-confirmed victims in hospitals in England but does take into account deaths from all settings for the rest of the UK. A full round-up of the total number of fatalities … Read more
Britain today recorded just 15 more laboratory-confirmed coronavirus deaths in the preliminary toll. NHS England revealed all of the victims died in hospitals across the country. No Covid-19 fatalities were posted in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. A full round-up of the total number of fatalities — which will include all settings in England and not … Read more
Britain today recorded fewer than 1,000 Covid-19 cases for the first time in a week after 713 more Britons tested positive for the life-threatening disease. Department of Health figures show it is the lowest daily infection toll in almost a fortnight, since 670 new cases of coronavirus were announced on August 4. It means 1,080 … Read more
A further four people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in the UK, preliminary figures show. This brings the country’s total deaths during the pandemic to 41,365. This will likely be much higher when figures across all settings – including care homes and the wider community – are released later today. England has not yet … Read more
Another 13 people have died of Covid-19 in England’s hospitals but no-one else has died of the illness in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, officials revealed today. Scotland today marked four full weeks without a single death from coronavirus north of the border, according to its official government statistics. A full round-up of the total … Read more
A further seven deaths from the coronavirus have been confirmed in Britain today, with six in English hospitals and one in Northern Ireland. The preliminary count, which will be updated by the Department of Health later this afternoon, takes the total so far to 46,581. The number of new confirmed cases will also be confirmed … Read more
Coronavirus cases in Britain have been on the up for three weeks – with 835 Britons now getting diagnosed each day, on average. The rolling rate is 53 per cent higher than the 546 on July 8, which was the lowest figure since before lockdown. And health chiefs yesterday recorded 950 more infections in the … Read more