Britain today announced 183 more Covid-19 deaths, taking the official number of coronavirus victims to 38,344 – but it is the lowest Saturday total since before lockdown. Department of Health officials have yet to confirm the final tally, which will be significantly higher because it takes into account fatalities in all settings. The preliminary toll is counted … Read more
Long-awaited changes are being made to the UK’s coronavirus lockdown with the four Home Nations now adopting different approaches to the loosening of draconian rules. Boris Johnson set out his plans which mostly only relate to England at a Downing Street press conference last night with those changes coming into force on Monday. But more … Read more
Britain today announced 324 more Covid-19 deaths, taking the official number of coronavirus victims past 38,000 as separate data shows the true number of fatalities is at least 10,000 higher. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the figure tonight at Downing Street’s daily press conference, where he also revealed 2,095 more Britons had been diagnosed with the virus, taking … Read more
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Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific officer, today said the R number of the coronavirus is now between 0.7 and 0.9, down from 0.7 to 1 last week Another 377 people have died of the coronavirus in Britain, officials announced today, pushing the total number of fatalities to 37,837 as a blood-testing survey suggests seven per … Read more
Britain announces preliminary Covid-19 death toll of 213 as antibody data suggests fewer than 7% of Brits have had the infection and mass-swab scheme reveals outbreak is still ‘relatively stable’ and infecting 54,000 people each week Regular swab testing has found that 79 per cent of positive results have come from people with no symptoms … Read more
Britain today announced 121 more coronavirus deaths across all settings, taking the official death toll to 36,914 as sun-worshippers descended on parks and beaches today. It marks the lowest Monday death toll since lockdown was enforced on March 23 (74 deaths). For comparison, 160 fatalities were announced last Monday and 118 were recorded yesterday. But death … Read more
Britain today announced 77 more coronavirus deaths, taking the official death toll to 36,870 as sun-worshippers descended on parks and beaches today amid an expected 79F heatwave. NHS England recorded 59 Covid-19 fatalities in hospitals. While Scotland declared three deaths in all settings, Wales seven and Northern Ireland eight. Department of Health bosses, who release … Read more
Britain has announced a further 118 coronavirus deaths, a 30 per cent drop since last Sunday’s 170, taking the total to 36,793. The daily death figure, revealed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the daily press briefing this evening, is the lowest since the lockdown was put into force on March 23. It’s lower than that published … Read more
Britain has announced a further 164 coronavirus deaths, taking the total to 36,839, ahead of the official figure later today. The figure is hardly any different to that of last Sunday, 170, suggesting the decline in daily deaths is stalling. NHS England revealed a further 147 new deaths of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in … Read more