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The number of patients dying in UK hospitals has risen by 263, with the North West continuing to record the highest toll.
The health authorities confirmed this afternoon 225 deaths in England, 28 in Scotland, four in Wales and six in Northern Ireland.
Those who died in England were between 47 and 101 years old, and 11 had no known underlying health conditions.
It comes two days before England plunges back into lockdown after an alarming spike in new cases.
Subsequently, the Department of Health and Social Care will announce the number of fatalities in all settings, and yesterday’s figure of 136 brings the official number of lives lost by the virus to 46,853.
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NHS England has provided a breakdown showing where the latest deaths occurred:
- East of England – 8
- London – 9
- Midlands – 49
- Northeast and Yorkshire – 51
- Northwest – 80
- Southeast – 20
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Southwest – 8
Earlier today, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the weekly number of deaths from coronavirus in England and Wales increased by 45% in just seven days.
Data released by the Office for National Statistics showed that 978 people died after contracting the virus in the week ending October 23.
This is a week rising from 308 to 670, and it means that one in ten deaths is now virus-related.
It’s the highest number of Covid-19-related deaths since the week ending June 12.
Deaths were up in all regions, the figures show, with the Northwest registering the highest number, at 325.
The total number of deaths, from all causes, is nearly 1,000 more than the five-year average, with 10,739 people dying in that week.
The official number of deaths from coronavirus in the UK is 46,853, but data from ONS shows that Covid-19 has been mentioned in more than 62,000 death certificates since the start of the pandemic.
Of the 978 deaths that involved Covid-19 in the week through October 23, 89.4% had this recorded as the underlying cause of death, ONS said.
Since the beginning of the year, according to ONS data, there were 494,946 deaths before October 23, which is 56,073 more than the five-year average.
But encouraging data suggests that the UK’s R coronavirus rate could be falling.
Figures released by the Covid Symptom Study, which is run by King’s College London, suggest that the rate could be closer to 1 than previously thought.
The UK’s R rate, which measures how fast the virus is spreading, is estimated to be around 1.1.
In England the study found it to be around 1.1, in Wales it is believed to be 1.2 and in Scotland it is believed to be 1.1.
This means that the number of new cases will double every 28 days.
On Friday, the government’s SAGE committee estimated the rate to be between 1.1 and 1.3, with a daily growth rate of 2% to 4%.
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