UK death toll from coronavirus rises to 28,131 after another 621 deaths

The number of people who have died from coronavirus in the UK has risen to 28,131.

Speaking at today’s Downing Street briefing, Housing Minister Robert Jenrick confirmed that 621 other people had lost their lives to the disease across the country.

The death toll includes fatalities in hospitals, residences and the broader community.

Today’s number has dropped slightly from yesterday’s number of daily deaths, which was 739.

Jenrick said: “Unfortunately, of those who tested positive for coronaviruses … 28,131 have now died.

“That’s an increase of 621 deaths since yesterday.”

It means that the United Kingdom lives up to the death toll from Italy’s coronavirus.

Italy, which is the country most affected in Europe by the disease, said that a total of 28,236 people have lost their lives.

Earlier today, an additional 370 people were revealed to have died in hospitals across England, an increase from 18 from yesterday’s death toll of 352, while there were 44 in Wales.

Northern Ireland has confirmed 11 deaths in the last 24 hours, while Scotland reported 44 others.

The numbers show a continuing trend of the slow decline in the number of hospital deaths. A week ago, 711 deaths were reported in England, with 784 on Saturday, April 18.

NHS England said the latest victims were between 38 and 100 years old, and 25, the youngest at 41, had no known underlying health conditions.

Today’s figure is less than half the record for a single day, 953, reported on April 10.

NHS England has released a regional breakdown showing where the most recent deaths occurred, with Northeast and Yorkshire seeing the highest number.

• East of England – 51
• London – 51
• Midlands – 63
• North East and Yorkshire – 89
• Northwest – 64
• Southeast – 32
• Southwest – 20

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK has already passed the Covid-19 peak, but England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty warned that the country “was not near the end of the pandemic.”