BREAKING: Another 213 dead from coronavirus across the UK
The latest figures were released amid reports that there are already major problems with the NHS Test and Trace system death rate has continued to fall after another 213 people were confirmed dead across the UK.
NHS England today recorded 185 more deaths in hospitals – but this does not take into account other settings like care homes.A preliminary daily tally of 213 is calculated by adding up the individual counts announced by each of the home nations. The latest figures were released amid reports that there are already major problems with the NHS Test and Trace system.Contact tracers have begun tracking down people today who have come into close contact with coronavirus sufferers.The service – seen as key to easing lockdown restrictions – has been rolled out across England with the help of 25,000 contact tracers, while an accompanying app is delayed by several weeks.
Baroness Dido Harding, executive chairwoman of NHS Test and Trace, is said to have made the admission in a call with parliamentarians on Thursday morning.in an interview with Sky News that he had rushed to introduce the system amid the fierce political row over Dominic Cummings’ alleged lockdown breach.
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