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The daily number of coronavirus deaths in UK hospitals has dropped to its lowest total in six weeks.
A further 229 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.
England reported 204 new deaths, Wales had 14, Northern Ireland registered six and Scotland five, bringing the hospital total to 24,344.
The figures represent the lowest number of hospital deaths since the end of March: on March 29, the Health Department recorded 214 Covid-19 related deaths.
Britain has the third highest death toll in the world, behind only the United States and Italy, and is on track to move to Italy and become the worst affected country in Europe.
The figures were announced as the Government’s draft guide for Brits to return to work recommends staggered shift times, hot desk reduction and the closure of office elevators as measures to protect employees.
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The UK has passed the peak of its outbreak and the daily total has steadily declined as the Government considers when and how to ease blocking restrictions now in its seventh week.
The previous totals on Mondays were 360 on April 27, 463 on April 20, 697 on April 13 and 441 on April 6.
Monday generally has the lowest daily total for the week due to a delay in reporting deaths over the weekend. Many will not be counted until Tuesday or later.
The Health Department will announce its death toll later, a figure that includes deaths outside of hospitals. It stood at 28,446 on Sunday.
The NHS announced 204 new hospital deaths in England, bringing the country’s total to 21,384.
Of the 204 new deaths:
– 54 occurred on May 3
– 108 occurred on May 2
– 24 occurred on May 1
Figures also show that 17 of the new deaths occurred in April, while the remaining death occurred on March 29.
NHS England publishes daily updated figures showing the dates of each coronavirus-related death in hospitals in England, often including previously uncounted deaths that occurred several days or even weeks ago.
This is due to the time it takes for deaths to confirm as positive for Covid-19, to process post mortem exams, and to validate test data.
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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.
Of the 21,384 confirmed deaths reported so far in hospitals in England of people who tested positive for Covid-19, 11,205 (52%) were people 80 years of age or older, while 8,310 (39%) were 60-79.
According to the NHS England, another 1,706 (8%) were between 40 and 59 years old, 152 (1%) between 20 and 39 and 11 (0.05%) between 0 and 19 years old.
The number of deaths announced so far by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has reached 778.
This is the highest number for any trust in England.
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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust has announced 522 deaths.
Three trusts have announced between 400 and 500 deaths: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (446), King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (435), and Barts Health NHS Trust (413).
Seven other trusts have announced between 300 and 400 deaths.
A total of 1,576 patients died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus, five times more than 1,571 on Sunday, Nicola Sturgeon said.
The prime minister said 12,226 people have now tested positive for the virus in Scotland, 169 times more than the 12,097 the day before.
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There are 99 people in intensive care with coronavirus or coronavirus symptoms, unchanged on Sunday, he added.
There are 1,720 people in the hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19, an increase of 54.
Since March 5, 2,780 people who tested positive for coronavirus have been able to leave the hospital.
Wales’ death toll increased from 14 to 997.
The number of confirmed cases increased from 195 to 10,524.
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Welsh Prime Minister Mark Drakeford said the number of coronavirus cases, deaths and people in the hospital with Covid-19 are declining in Wales.
The daily number of confirmed cases by Public Health Wales is now consistently less than 200, while the number of people in the hospital with Covid-19 has dropped from 1,300 on April 23 to just over 1,000 on Sunday.
“There are now fewer than 100 people in critical care beds in Wales, up from over 160 in mid-April,” Drakeford said at a press conference in Cardiff.
The percentage of people in critical care receiving coronavirus treatment has dropped from more than 40% to about 25%, he said.
The number of people who died after testing positive for a coronavirus in Northern Ireland rose to 387, after six more deaths were reported on Monday.
Five of the reported deaths occurred in the previous 24 hours. The other occurred before that, but only now has it been reported.
In a video message on Twitter, the Prime Minister said it was important to comply with the five tests established by the Government before facilitating the blockade.
“We can only move to the second phase of this conflict if our five tests are met,” he said.
The tests are:
– That the NHS must have sufficient critical care capacity.
– There must be a sustained and constant drop in daily deaths.
– The infection rate must be decreasing to “manageable levels”.
– There must be enough PPE and test supplies.
– Any adjustment should not lead to a second peak that may overwhelm the health service.
Johnson said, “The worst thing we could do now is relax too soon and allow a second coronavirus spike.”
Draft government guidelines for people to return to work include continued work at home and staggered shift shifts, reducing hot desks, closing office and dining hall elevators, and banning sharing equipment such as pens .
Additional cleaning should be introduced and consideration should be given to the use of protective equipment in workplaces where it is impossible to maintain a distance of two meters between employees, in accordance with the guidelines.
Plastic screens, like those installed in supermarkets during the crisis, should be erected to protect staff who interact with customers, according to the guide.
The TUC union expressed “urgent concerns” about the government’s return to work plans, saying they do not impose new requirements on employers to keep people safe on the job.
The guide repeatedly suggests that “employers should consider” actions such as allowing social distancing or providing hand-washing facilities, but it also suggests that individual employers may choose to ignore the suggestions, the TUC said.
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He added that recommendations on personal protective equipment (PPE) are missing.
At her daily briefing in Edinburgh, Ms. Sturgeon said that although “real and significant progress” was being made, the rate of replication of the virus was still too high to ease the blocking measures.
A review will take place Thursday of this week, and the Prime Minister said the blockade measures are “likely” to continue.
She said some work on a possible blockade transition will be published in the coming days.
Ms Sturgeon said work would be done to ensure there was an alignment with the rest of the UK, but divergence on the measures could still be possible.
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The Prime Minister also outlined the Scottish government’s Test, Trace, Isolate (TTI) strategy, which she said would help ease blockade measures.
Sturgeon said the strategy would only work if the public adheres to it, adding that it was not a “quick fix or a magic bullet” and that it would have to be done in conjunction with current hygiene guidance.
She said moves were being made to deliver a TTI strategy in late May, and testing capacity is expected to have to increase to 15,500 per day to support the approach.
Drakeford said considering closing restrictions would be the “main focus” of the Welsh government this week.
“I think a four-nation approach works best for Wales,” he said at the press conference.
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“Across the UK, we initiated the blockade the same day and on the same basic terms.
“I think it would be better if we could start lifting the blockade through a set of common measures, implemented on a common schedule.”
In other developments, the leaders of the railway unions have expressed “serious concerns” about any measure to increase train services as part of the planned easing of the blockade.
Homecare workers say employers are playing “Russian roulette” with their lives as PPE is being held or rationed amid unclear guidance, according to Unison.
A Prime Minister spokesman said the NHS Nightingale hospital in London’s ExCel center would be put on “hold” due to limited demand for its services.
Taxpayers are paying the wages of 6.3 million workers under the government’s leave scheme, at a cost of £ 8 billion.
Almost half of the people experienced great anxiety during the first days of the coronavirus blockade, new figures suggest.
About 49.6% of those surveyed between March 20 and 30 reported anxiety levels that ranged from six to 10, with 0 being “not at all anxious” and 10 being “completely anxious.”
This is the equivalent of more than 25 million people feeling great anxiety, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which compiled the figures.
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