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The North West has overtaken London as the epicenter of Britain’s coronavirus with more hospital cases than the densely populated capital.
Data shared at the coronavirus briefing on Sunday showed that infected patients in London had dropped to 2,033, while those in the northwest increased to 2,191.
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It is the first time that a region’s total exceeds the capital, although both totals are lower than their respective peaks.
The number of coronavirus patients in London hospitals peaked at 4,813 on April 8, the highest daily total in the UK.
Meanwhile, cases in the North West of England peaked at 2,908 on April 3, the third highest in the UK after London and the West Midlands.
London continues to be the UK area with the highest total number of cases (24,828), while the North West is second with 20,125.
It occurs when the total death toll in the UK from the error reached 28,446 today, with 315 more deaths reported across the country in the past 24 hours.
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The grim jump in deaths means the UK remains one of the hardest hit by deadly error in the world, with 186,599 cases of the virus.
UK figures released today by NHS England show that April 8 continues to have the highest number of hospital deaths in a single day, with a current total of 867.
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According to the Department of Health, there have been five other confirmed deaths of patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, bringing the total number of deaths in the region to 381.
In Wales, another 14 people died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 983.
Another 174 people tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 10,329.
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And in Scotland, a total of 1,571 patients died after testing positive for coronavirus, an increase of 12 from Saturday.
Gove revealed the figures for the entire UK in tonight’s # 10 briefing.
Experts believe Britain’s peak occurred in mid-April, and they expect the numbers to continue to drop overall.
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