Coronavirus UK: Care home deaths may exceed hospital fatalities

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

COVID-19 deaths in care homes may have already EXCEEDED hospital fatalities, top statistician claims

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

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 20,735 with 360 new fatalities

The UK today announced 360 more coronavirus deaths – the lowest daily count recorded since March 30 when just 180 fatalities were registered.   England declared 329 more COVID-19 deaths, Scotland 13, Northern Ireland 10 and Wales eight, taking the total number of COVID-19 victims past 21,000. Although the statistics are known to drop following the weekend, the … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 20,735 with 350 new fatalities

The UK today announced 360 more coronavirus deaths – the lowest daily count recorded since March 30 when just 180 fatalities were registered.   England declared 329 more COVID-19 deaths, Scotland 13, Northern Ireland 10 and Wales eight, taking the total number of COVID-19 victims past 21,000. Although the statistics are known to drop following the weekend, the … Read more

Global coronavirus fatalities top 200,000 with 2.8million confirmed infections 

The global coronavirus death toll has now reached 200,000 with 2.8million confirmed infections. The John Hopkins University released the latest figures as some countries began taking their first steps into removing their lockdowns. The true death toll is likely to be higher. The US have started loosening their lockdown measures in Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska … Read more

UK’s coronavirus death toll nears 20,000 as England, Wales and Scotland announce fatalities

Britain’s coronavirus death toll nears 20,000 as England, Wales and Scotland announce 761 more COVID-19 fatalities NHS England confirmed a further 587 people died with COVID-19 in last 24 hours Wales announced 110 more people had died while Scotland recorded 64 deaths Victims in England aged between 40 and 102 and 34 had no health … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 18,738 with 616 new fatalities

Britain has announced another 616 coronavirus victims today, taking the total number of fatalities in the UK to 18,783.  Another 4,583 people have tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours, meaning 138,078 have now been officially diagnosed. The number of positive tests has remained stable this week and appears to be plateauing. NHS … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 18,689 with 589 new fatalities

UK announces 616 more coronavirus victims taking Britain’s death toll to 18,738 Today’s death toll is considerably lower than those of the past two days Department of Health announced 828 fatalities on Tuesday, 763 on Wednesday  Government had hoped to keep deaths below 20,000 but will hit that by Sunday  Here’s how to help people … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 18,100 with 759 new fatalities

The UK has announced 759 more hospital deaths from the coronavirus today, taking Britain’s total number of victims to 18,094. And Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the country is in the ‘peak’ of the virus outbreak and authorities are watching with bated breath for the statistics to fall. He claimed capacity for testing and contact-tracing … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 14,576 with 847 new fatalities

Britain’s coronavirus daily death toll today dipped slightly to 847, fuelling hopes that the UK’s fatality curve is finally flattening after days of uncertainty.  Fewer than 900 deaths have been recorded in British hospitals for six days in a row, suggesting the darkest days of the crisis could now be behind us.   April 10 was … Read more