UK has had more Covid-19 healthcare worker deaths than any country in the world except Russia At least 540 staff have died in England and Wales compared with Russia’s 545 Amnesty International found 3,000 health workers have died in 79 countries It added that this figure is likely to be a ‘significant under-estimate’ Government officials said … Read more
Fifteen more people die of coronavirus in UK hospitals in 24 hours – taking total deaths to 44,813 15 fatalities were in England, none in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland Brings Britain’s preliminary death toll to 44,813 bit it is likely to be much higher No new deaths reported in Scotland is the 4th day … Read more
Britain has recorded 148 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours – more than double last Saturday – bringing the total to 44,798 as a further 820 people test positive. The figure is over twice that of the 67 people who died from the virus last week and more than triple that of yesterday. The … Read more
A further 38 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, with just one death recorded in Wales and no new fatalities reported in Scotland in the last 24 hours. Britain’s latest total figure in all settings, which rose by 48 yesterday to 44,650, as well as data from Northern Ireland, is … Read more
Britain today announced 85 more coronavirus deaths — as Northern Ireland has now gone a week without any Covid-19 fatalities. The figure, announced by Department of Health chiefs and which take into account lab-confirmed fatalities in all settings, takes the official Government total to 44,602. Today’s fatalities are marginally lower than last Thursday’s, when Government statistics … Read more
Between 40,000 and 50,000 Americans have tested positive for coronavirus on a daily basis since late-June, up from a seven-day rolling average of about 20,000 infections a day at the end of May. The rises have prompted weeks of escalating worry and anxious anticipation of hospitals becoming overwhelmed all over again and the death toll … Read more
Texas, Florida and Arizona are now seeing an increase in COVID-19 deaths at least two weeks after the hot spot states first started seeing record spikes in cases. It comes as the United States set a grim record on Tuesday with more than 60,000 new coronavirus cases reported in a single day, up from the … Read more
Army Sgt. Cameron A. Meddock, 26, died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from small-arms fire wounds he received in Badghis province in northwest Afghanistan, Jan. 17, 2019 Army Sgt. 1st Class Joshua ‘Zach’ Beale, 32, was killed by small-arms fire in southern Uruzgan province, Jan. 22 Army Sgt. 1st Class Will D. Lindsay, … Read more
No excess deaths have been recorded in England and Wales for the second week in a row as the Covid-19 crisis continues to fizzle out for now. Government statistics reveal 8,979 deaths from all causes were recorded across the seven-day spell that ended June 26 — 3.4 per cent fewer than average. Coronavirus is likely … Read more
More than 130,000 Americans have now died of coronavirus, and 14 states have hit record-high numbers of new daily infections since the start of July, driving the nation as a whole to set a record for the rolling seven-day average number of new cases, for the 27th day in a row, according to The New … Read more