BREAKING: Another 757 dead as UK’s coronavirus death toll passes 18,000
It is important to note that all of these deaths occurred in hospitals across the UK. They do not take into account the people dying at home, in care facilities, hospices, or other locations outside of hospitals.
A soldier from the Duke of Lancaster Regiment collects a sample from a driver at a coronavirus testing centre in Southport The estimate from Financial Times includes deaths outside of hospitals, and is more than double the figure of 17,337 released by the DoH yesterday. The figures have been proved to significantly underestimate the true coronavirus death toll by the Office for National Statistics .New data from the ONS yesterday revealed the number of coronavirus deaths in England and Wales up to April 10 was 41% higher.
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