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The UK daily coronavirus hospital death toll has risen again – to over 400.
The number of deaths in hospitals across the nation rose again by 416 taking the total past 27,000.
NHS England has announced 350 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 23,709.
There were 350 deaths in England, 50 in Scotland and 16 in Wales confirmed in the past 24 hours, health authorities announced.
Of the 350 new deaths announced today:
– 44 occurred on May 11
– 90 occurred on May 10
– 44 occurred on May 9
The figures also show 92 of the new deaths took place between May 1 and May 8, 76 took place in April, while the remaining four deaths occurred in March, with the earliest new death taking place on March 17.
NHS England releases updated figures each day showing the dates of every coronavirus-related death in hospitals in England, often including previously uncounted deaths that took place several days or even weeks ago. This is because of the time it takes for deaths to be confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19, for post-mortem examinations to be processed and for data from the tests to be validated.
The figures published today by NHS England show April 8 continues to have the highest number for the most hospital deaths occurring on a single day, with a current total of 887.
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