Britain today announced 177 more Covid-19 deaths, taking the official number of coronavirus victims past 38,000 as separate data shows the true number of fatalities is at least 10,000 higher. Department of Health officials have yet to confirm the final tally, which is expected to be much higher because it takes into account fatalities in … Read more
Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific officer, today said the R number of the coronavirus is now between 0.7 and 0.9, down from 0.7 to 1 last week Britain’s coronavirus R rate is still near one, scientists warned today as health chiefs announced another 377 people have died of the coronavirus in Britain – pushing the … Read more
Britain today announced 77 more coronavirus deaths, taking the official death toll to 36,870 as sun-worshippers descended on parks and beaches today amid an expected 79F heatwave. NHS England recorded 59 Covid-19 fatalities across hospitals. While Scotland declared three deaths in all settings, Wales seven and Northern Ireland eight. Department of Health bosses, who release … Read more
British officials have today announced the deaths of 384 more coronavirus patients, including a 15-year-old, across the UK. This takes the nation’s total death toll to 33,998 in one of the smallest one-day increases since the beginning of April. It comes as data from the University of Cambridge and Public Health England has suggested that … Read more
Britain today declared 626 more coronavirus deaths, including a six-week-old baby who is thought to be Britain’s youngest known victim, taking the UK’s official fatality toll past 31,000 on the 75th anniversary of VE day. Environment Secretary George Eustice revealed the figures, which include fatalities in all settings, at tonight’s Downing Street press briefing, where he … Read more
Britain today announced a further 539 coronavirus victims, as the UK’s official death toll rose to 30,615. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tonight described the growing number of COVID-19 fatalities as ‘tragic’, with the UK having the world’s second highest death toll – behind only the US (75,000). And he revealed 5,600 more Britons had tested … Read more
Sweden nears ‘horrifying’ death toll of 3,000 from coronavirus with 87 new fatalities, including a child under ten State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell called it ‘a horrifyingly large number’ Among them child under ten was reported to have succumbed in intensive care Tegnell said death was being looked at but assured public it was highly unusual … Read more
The UK has today become the first country in Europe to record 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus after it announced 649 more victims today. Now at a total of 30,076 dead because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the UK has hit the grim milestone before either Spain or Italy, which were widely considered to have the … Read more
More people may be dying of coronavirus in care homes than in hospitals already, according to a University of Cambridge statistician. Sir David Spiegelhalter made the shocking claim yesterday after the Office for National Statistics released its weekly data showing thousands of people are dying out of hospital and not being counted until weeks later. … Read more
Boris Johnson today urged Britons not to ‘ease up’ on lockdown measures too early Britain’s daily coronavirus death toll today rose by 288 – the lowest 24-hour jump since the end of March, as figures show the UK’s crisis is continuing to slow down after peaking in mid-April. Health Secretary Matt Hancock tonight announced the … Read more