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The UK registers 30,501 new cases of Covid, 15% less than last Sunday amid delays in Christmas reports, with 316 deaths daily
- The UK reports a further 316 people deaths from covid-19 and 30,501 new cases
- England recorded a further 231 deaths, bringing the total to 48,542 NHS England
- London suffered further with 55 new deaths amid mutant virus strain
- Public Health Wales recorded another 70 deaths with another 4,000 cases
Another 316 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospitals in England and Wales as of today, bringing the UK total to 70,752.
The government said that, as of 9 a.m. Sunday, there had been another 30,501 laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK, with 25,618 of them in England.
It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 2,288,345.
The current number of covid deaths in the UK represents a 3.1 percent drop in the number of reported covid-19 deaths compared to the same day last week, the balance last Sunday was 326.
And because of the reporting delays over Christmas, government figures appear to show a 15 percent drop in the number of new cases reported today, the number standing at 35,928.
The death and case figures are likely to be higher, as Scotland is not publishing data on deaths between December 24 and 28, and Northern Ireland does not provide case or death data for the same period.
There were 231 deaths in England today, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 48,542, within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, NHS England said on Sunday.
In England, the patients were between 30 and 103 years old. All but five, ages 36 to 85, had known underlying conditions. The deaths were between December 9 and 26.
The new tolls come amid fears of mutations in the coronavirus that have created a highly infectious new strain.
The UK reported 30,501 new COVID-19 cases today, with a daily balance of 316 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, government statistics showed.
Today’s figure represents a 3.1% drop in the number of deaths compared to the same day last week, with last Sunday’s figure slightly above 326.
Another 70 people have died of coronavirus in Wales and more than 4,000 new positive cases have been identified.
The overall death toll is now 3,368 in Wales.
Another 10 deaths from the virus were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.
The latest available figures for hospital admissions in England, provided on Monday the 21st, show that 2,115 patients were admitted with Covid-19.
There are currently 18,227 coronavirus patients in hospital in England, as reported on Christmas Eve, with 1,427 people on mechanical ventilation beds.
The latest figures from Public Health Wales released on December 27 show that there have been 4,142 new cases of the virus to bring the total since the pandemic began to 139,642.
