UK coronavirus death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients passes 14,500

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UK coronavirus death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients passes 14,500
By: Rebecca Spear-Cole - UK Evening Standard News - 04-17-20 - 1 hr ago
Re: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/u...-a4417281.html

Personal note: Well it seems in Europe this virus is still active and taking lives daily.

The UK coronavirus death toll has risen by 847 to a total of 14,576 as of 5pm on Thursday, the Department of Health and Social Care has said.

This is up from a total of 13,729 the day before.

The Department of Health also said, as of 9am on Friday, 341,551 people have been tested for Covid-19, of which 108,692 tested positive.

Overall, 438,991 tests have concluded, with 21,328 tests carried out on Thursday, excluding data from Northern Ireland.

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These are the Government's official figures which differ from those released by individual health authorities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The current figures also only account for those who have died in hospital and not in care homes, hospices or at home so in reality the UK death toll will be much higher.

Virus cases on the rebound - see chart: on site. It shows the new virus's are 5500 to 6000 cases per day and holding that average for the last 15 days straight.

It comes as leading physician Professor Anthony Costello, of University College London's Institute for Global Health, told MPs that the UK could face 40,000 deaths in this first wave alone and could see the highest death toll in Europe.

NHS England separately announced that 738 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 13,134.

Of the 738 new deaths announced, 138 occurred on April 16, 320 occurred on April 15 and 109 occurred on April 14.

154 Death's from 4-1 to 4-13-20 and unsure of the unaccountable deaths not recorded?

Scotland's First Minister said: 7,409 people have now tested positive for the virus in Scotland, up by 307 from 7,102 the day before.
There are 189 people in intensive care with coronavirus or coronavirus symptoms, a decrease of seven on Thursday, she added.

There are 1,799 people in hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19.

Meanwhile, Public Health Wales announced 11 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed hospital deaths in Wales to 506.

The total of confirmed cases in Wales has reached 6,645, a rise of 244, while 23,332 tests have been carried out on 20,066 individuals.

A further 18 people in Northern Ireland have also died in hospital settings with coronavirus in the past day, according to Friday’s daily bulletin from the Public Health Agency.

This brings the total number of confirmed deaths in hospital settings in the region to 176.

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Personal note: As we can see - Europe is still antedated with this virus. Smaller than the US and yet still fighting the disease. Well folks I do believe this virus will be with us for quite some time. Can't see any progress around the world to reduce these cases anything in the near future. I'm also afraid our virus in the US will once again climb up if we allow less social distancing rules. It will be 1 to 2 years before we can expect a drug to fend off this disease. We are still going to have a tough road ahead.

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