Coronavirus: 370 more hospital deaths in England
Written by News on 02/05/2020
Another 370 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospitals in England, bringing the total number of deaths to 20,853.
A further 44 people have died in Wales, taking the total number of deaths there to 969, Public Health Wales said.
In Northern Ireland, the number of deaths have gone up by 11 to 376, and in Scotland they are up 44 to 1,559.
The figures published today by NHS England show 8 April still has the highest number for the most hospital deaths occurring on a single day, with a total of 864.
Of the 370 new deaths across England announced on Saturday, 75 occurred on 1 May, 149 occurred on 30 April and 52 on 28 April.
The figures also show 85 of the new deaths happened between 1 April and 28 April while the remaining nine deaths occurred in March, with the earliest new death taking place on 13 March.
NHS England releases updated figures each day showing the dates of every coronavirus-related death in hospitals in England and often includes previously uncounted deaths that took place several days or even weeks ago.
This is due to the time it takes for deaths to be confirmed as testing positive for COVID-19, for post-mortem examinations to take place and for data from the tests to be validated.
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