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The death toll in UK coronavirus hospitals has risen by nine, with all but one in England, amid another large spike in cases in Scotland and Wales.
England reported eight new deaths on Thursday and Northern Ireland announced one to bring the country’s total hospitals to 34,303. Scotland and Wales reported no new deaths.
On recent Thursdays, the toll increased by 17 on September 3, nine on August 27, five on August 20 (the lowest since the shutdown was imposed in March) and 13 on August 13.
The highest increase on a Thursday was 891 on April 9, when the UK was at the peak of its outbreak.
The latest figures came as Health Secretary Matt Hancock defended Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “Operation Moonshot” test plan, and Scotland followed England’s lead by restricting social gatherings to six people from two households in the middle of an increase in cases.
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NHS England announced eight new deaths, bringing the total number of hospital deaths in England to 29,639.
The victims were between 39 and 93 years old, and all but one knew underlying health problems. There were four deaths in the Midlands, two in the North West and one in the South East and in the North East and Yorkshire.
An additional death in Northern Ireland has claimed a balance of 568 people. Her Health Department said there are 78 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 8,035.
Scotland reported no new deaths, keeping its death toll at 2,499, as the number of new cases increased by 161 in the last 24 hours to 22,039.
Of the new cases, 65 are in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 46 in Lanarkshire and 12 in Lothian, according to provisional figures.
There are 266 people in the hospital confirmed with the virus, a drop of eight in 24 hours. Of these patients, seven were in intensive care, in one.
Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the figures confirming that social gatherings in Scotland are now restricted to six people from two households.
Previously, people could meet in groups of up to eight out of three homes indoors and 15 out of five homes outdoors.
Sturgeon confirmed that “it is not possible at this stage” for Scotland to move from phase three of plans to leave the lockdown to phase four.
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He said this is “likely to be the case for some time to come” as the latest estimates show that the R number in Scotland, the average number of people infected per person with the virus, could be as high as 1.5.
The new limit applies both indoors, in homes and hospitality venues, and outdoors, including private gardens, he added.
The restrictions went into effect Monday, but Sturgeon urged people to comply immediately.
He said there will be some limited exceptions, including organized sports and places of worship, and children under the age of 12 will not count toward the limit.
The limit of 20 people will be maintained for funerals, weddings and civil associations and will also apply to wakes and receptions.
Earlier this week, the UK government said social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in England from Monday, with the exception of Covid-safe schools, workplaces or weddings, funerals and organized sports teams. .
The death toll in Wales remains at 1,597 after no new deaths were reported.
Public Health Wales said there were 102 new infections, bringing its total to 18,931.
Meanwhile, the Health Secretary defended the UK government’s ambitious massive Covid-19 testing proposals in the face of laughter and boos in Parliament.
Hancock criticized “naysayers” in the House of Commons when outlining plans for “Operation Moonshot”, which would see millions of tests carried out daily across the UK.
Experts have warned that hundreds of thousands of people could be unnecessarily told to isolate themselves under the proposals.
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