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[ad_1] Hospitals in Nottingham have postponed some of their non-urgent surgeries due to a “dramatic increase” in coronavirus admissions in the city, the local NHS trust said. It comes as the city and wider Nottinghamshire region enter into talks with the government about entering Level 3 coronavirus restrictions. Tracy Taylor, …

[ad_1] Rates of coronavirus infections in the North West, North East and East Midlands have fallen for the first time since the start of England’s second wave. Northern regions of the country have fueled the fall resurgence of Covid-19, but now there are signs that cases are starting to stabilize. …

[ad_1] The UK has recorded another 21,242 COVID-19 cases, government figures show. It’s a drop from Wednesday registry number of 26,688. There were also 189 other deaths within 28 days of a positive test, slightly down from 191. Thursday’s figures bring the UK overall totals to 810,467 cases and 44,347 …

[ad_1] Boris Johnson has confessed “frustrations” in the Test and Trace system and admitted that the program needs to “improve”. The latest figures show that less than 60% of close contacts of people who tested positive for coronavirus in England, the lowest weekly percentage since the Test and Trace program …

[ad_1] Seven more people have died from coronavirus in Wales and more than 1,000 new cases have been identified. The latest figures from Public Health Wales (PHW) for Thursday October 22 show that 1,134 positive results have been reported in the last 24 hours, an increase from the 962 announced …

[ad_1] Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry and Slough will move to Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions and discussions will begin on the possibility of placing Warrington at Tier 3. Health Secretary Matt hancock made the announcement in parliament, as he warned that it would be “catastrophic” not to act and leave COVID-19 “unleash all …

[ad_1] Matt Hancock has confirmed that Slough, Stoke-on-Trent and Coventry will be placed at the second highest level of Covid restrictions. The new restrictions, which will mean that people cannot visit people from a separate bubble inside, will take effect on Saturday. The Health Secretary also confirmed that talks had …

[ad_1] HealthCoronavirus Live updates on the coronavirus in Scotland, the UK and around the world. Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:34 am Updated Thursday, October 22, 2020, 2:00 p.m.

[ad_1] HealthCoronavirus Live updates on the coronavirus in Scotland, the UK and around the world. Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:34 am Updated Thursday 22 October 2020, 1:55 PM

[ad_1] A couple was found dead in a children’s pool in a backyard with a hose running hot water, an investigation said. Michelle Slater, 44, and her boyfriend Jason Bentham, 43, were discovered in the garden of the house on Parbold Avenue in St Helens. Coroner Julie Goulding was told …