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Northern
Ireland has reported no new coronavirus-linked hospital deaths in 24 hours – for the first time since March 23.
It comes as the number of people who have died across England,
Scotland and Wales after contracting
Coronavirus has risen by 142 in 24 hours.
The increase consists of 116 hospital patients in England, 18 people in Scotland, and eight hospital patients and care home residents in Wales.
So far, no UK-wide figures from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have been released, so the figures are taken from each nation’s individual reporting.
It brings the working total to 37,056.
But the government tally, when it is released later today, will be significantly higher as it includes deaths in care homes (missing from the individual figures in at least England) and the community (missing from at least
England and Wales). Here’s a quick primer on what all the different numbers mean and how to understand them.
It comes after the two lowest daily totals since March 23 – 121 on Sunday and 118 on Monday – were reported over the bank holiday weekend.
The low figures, including Northern Ireland’s total, may be in part due to delays in recording data over the long weekend. It means May 25 could eventually end up with a small number of Northern
Irish deaths recorded after all – though this is not certain.
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