BREAKING: UK death toll hits 36,675 as another 282 lose lives to outbreak
A further 282 people have died fromThe figure is up from 36,573 earlier this afternoon when fatalities in Britain’s hospitals were announced. The updated total includes deaths in all settings including care homes. The total number of cases now stands at 257154.
Recently the Department for Health and Social Care began including fatalities outside hospitals amid concerns of a significant hidden death toll. However ONS figures suggested around 45,000 in Britain have lost their lives to Covid-19.Another 180 people were confirmed to have lost their lives in hospitals on Saturday, with 157 deaths in England, 16 in Scotland, six in Wales and one in Northern Ireland.
NHS England said patients were aged between 12 and 100 years old, with seven patients having no known underlying health conditions. Thirty-six of the fatalities in England took place in the north-east and Yorkshire, while 30 were in the Midlands and 23 in the north-west.
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