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Another 20,530 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK, according to the latest government data.
This is a drop of 712 cases from the 21,242 recorded yesterday, and one more drop from the record set on Wednesday.
Another 224 people also died within 28 days of testing positive, an increase from Thursday’s count of 189.
These latest figures taken in the 24 hours to 9am on Friday now bring the total number of cases in the UK to 830,998, while 44,571 people have lost their lives to the disease.
This figure rises to 59,000 in separate figures from statistical agencies which include deaths recorded in the UK where COVID-19 is mentioned on the death certificate.
Other figures also show that there are now 6,518 people with COVID-19 in a hospital in England, compared to 4,647 from last week.
601 of these patients are on ventilation beds, another increase from 482 a week ago.
There were also 997 people with COVID-19 admitted to a hospital in England on Wednesday, the latest confirmed figure, and it’s another increase from the previous week, which recorded 706 admissions on the same day.
