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Hospital deaths from coronavirus have reached a two-month high in the UK, as the daily toll rose by 29.
England reported 28 deaths and Scotland had one, and there were none in Wales and Northern Ireland. It’s the biggest increase since 39 were announced across the UK on Saturday, July 11.
Usually there is an increase on Tuesdays due to a delay in reporting deaths on weekends.
By comparison, there were 16 deaths on Sept. 15, 11 on Sept. 8, 10 on Sept. 1, 15 on Aug. 25, and six on Aug. 18, the lowest level on a Tuesday since the shutdown was imposed in March.
The highest rise on a Tuesday was 854 on April 7, when the UK was at the initial peak of its outbreak.
The latest figures came after Boris Johnson announced new and strict lockdown restrictions for England, including wider use of masks and a 10pm curfew for pubs and restaurants, while abandoning his push for more workers to return. to the offices.
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NHS England announced 28 deaths, bringing the total number of hospitals in England to 29,785.
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Scotland have risen by 383 in the past 24 hours, the Scottish government announced.
A total of 25,009 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland.
This is 7.6% of the newly screened people, up from 6.3% on Monday.
A new death of a confirmed patient has been registered and the death toll under this measure is now 2,506.
Of the new cases, 181 are in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 92 in Lanarkshire and 51 in Lothian.
There are 73 people in the hospital confirmed with the virus, the same as on Monday.
Of these patients, 10 were in intensive care, an increase of two.
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There have been an additional 281 Covid-19 cases in Wales, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 21,159.
Public Health Wales said no more deaths had been reported and the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic stood at 1,603.
In his speech in the Commons, the Prime Minister warned that the UK was at a “dangerous tipping point” in the battle with Covid-19 when he announced tough new measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus and protecting the NHS.
The brakes in England could last six months, well beyond Christmas, as he said the threat of a second wave was “real”.
The new measures include:
– Ask office workers to work from home if they can.
– Table service only in pubs, bars and restaurants from Thursday. All hospitality venues will be subject to a 10 pm closing time.
– Face covering will be mandatory for retail staff, taxi passengers, and hospitality customers, except when seated.
– No more than 15 people will be allowed to attend wedding ceremonies and receptions.
– The rule of six will be expanded to cover indoor team sports, such as futsal games.
– Plans to allow business conferences and sporting events from October 1 have been scrapped.
– Increase in fines of £ 200 on the first offense for those who do not wear a mask or gather in groups of more than six. Businesses face fines or closures for not complying with Covid-19 rules.
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