UK announces 97 more coronavirus victims taking the nation’s official death count to 42,066
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The UK has announced another 97 deaths from the coronavirus today, taking the country’s total number of victims to 42,066.
Deaths announced so far today include hospital deaths in England and those that happened in all settings in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Both daily and weekly statistics show the Covid-19 outbreak is continuing to fade across Britain, with 938 deaths announced in the past seven days, compared to 1,400 in the week between last Wednesday and Thursday, June 4.
And a report from the Office for National Statistics yesterday revealed that London has become the first region where the number of people dying has fallen below average – this has not happened anywhere else since March.
A weekly report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed the number of people who died of any cause in London was 2.8 per cent lower than average between May 30 and June 5 — 891 down from 917.
The falling numbers of deaths and plateau in new cases means that the UK can continue to push out of lockdown. ‘Non-essential’ high street shops reopened to the public for the first time on Monday and a further loosening of lockdown rules is expected in just two weeks’ time.
