Get the latest on
Coronavirus. Sign up to the Daily Brief for news, explainers, how-tos, opinion and more.
The number of people who have died in hospitals across England,
Scotland and Wales after contracting coronavirus has risen by 350 in 24 hours.
The increase consists of 329 in England, 13 in Scotland and eight in Wales. Data from Northern
Ireland are yet to be published.
UK-wide figures from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have not been released, so the total is taken from each nation’s individual reporting.
It brings the working total to 21,082.But the government tally, when it is released, is unlikely to match this figure even with
Northern Ireland taken into account. Here’s a quick primer on what all the different numbers mean and how to understand them.
The majority of the 329 deaths in
England actually took place on Saturday: just over 160, compared with fewer than 60 on Sunday. There is typically a lag in reporting deaths from the weekend, and more deaths from Sunday are expected to be disclosed in the coming days.
England’s victims were aged 29 to 100, with 22 having no known underlying health conditions.
This is a
BREAKING news story and will be updated. Follow HuffPost
UK on Twitter here, and on Facebookhere.