Coronavirus Death Toll In UK Increases By 786 In 24 Hours
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A further 786 people have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, the government has announced, bringing the UK total to 6,159.
The Department of Health and Social Care said an additional 3,634 people had tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, bringing the total UK coronavirus cases to more than 55,000.
As of 9am 7 April, 266,694 tests have concluded, with 14,006 tests on 6 April.
213,181 people have been tested of which 55,242 tested positive.
As of 5pm on 6 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 6,159 have sadly died. pic.twitter.com/MB1ckbNjm7— Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) April 7, 2020
NHS England said that, of those who had died in the UK, 758 people had died in hospitals in England after contracting coronavirus.
Among them was a 23-year-old with no known underlying health conditions.
Another 28 people – aged between 23 and 99 – also died after testing positive for the disease, despite having no underlying health issues.
Overall, the age range of the people who died in England was between 23 and 102 years old, authorities said.
Of the 758 deaths recorded in England:
East of England: 101
London: 224
Midlands: 142
North-east & Yorkshire: 88
North-west: 90
South-east: 77
South-west: 36
Meanwhile, Scotland reported 74 deaths, while 19 were recorded in Wales and three in Northern Ireland.
However, this would mean the daily increase to the death toll was 854 – almost 80 higher than that recorded by the department.
The government tally has never matched the individual totals reported by the four nations, and adding together the countries’ four self-reported total deaths gives the only slightly higher figure of 6,236.
The government said that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland’s public health chiefs may continue to make last-minute changes to their own figures...
