The death toll in hospitals from coronavirus in the UK rises 55 sharply from last week

The death toll in UK coronavirus hospitals has risen by 55.

England reported 47 new deaths on Friday, Scotland had four, Wales three and Northern Ireland one.

By comparison, the number of deaths announced a week ago on September 25 was 36, while 18 were reported on September 18 and nine on September 11.

The lowest number of deaths on a Friday since the shutdown was five on Aug. 21.

The highest figure for a Friday was 953 on April 10, when the UK was at the peak of its pandemic.

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There were 44 deaths in England yesterday, there were three Covid-19 related deaths in Scotland, six in Wales and two in Northern Ireland.

Today Scotland has recorded four deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon said.

The deaths, of patients who tested positive for the virus for the first time in the previous 28 days, take the price of this measure to 2,526.

Speaking at the Scottish government’s coronavirus briefing, the prime minister said that 775 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Scotland in the last 24 hours.

In England, 19 of the deaths occurred in the North West and ten in the North East and Yorkshire.

London and the Midlands had six, the South four, the East two, and the Southwest zero.

All of those who died were 40 or older.

Of these patients, 19 were in intensive care, four more than the day before.

In other developments:

– The people of Northern Ireland should prepare for the potential of multiple winter closures, said Stormont’s senior scientific advisor, Professor Ian Young.

– Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Margaret Ferrier to step down as a MP for violating coronavirus rules by traveling 800 miles between Glasgow and Westminster on trains while infected with Covid-19.

– Boris Johnson, who battled coronavirus earlier this year, sent his “best wishes” to Donald and Melania Trump after the US president said that he and the first lady tested positive for Covid-19.

– The manager of the Castle Bromwich Hall hotel in Solihull has been fined £ 10,000 for hosting a funeral party with more than 200 guests, a violation of coronavirus rules.

– It is reported that next summer’s A-Level exams could be delayed three weeks to help students make up for some of the class time lost during the pandemic.

– Poland and Turkey have been added to the list of countries in Scotland that require visitors to self-quarantine.