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The death toll in hospitals from coronavirus in the UK has risen by 403, a 16% increase on the total reported a week ago.
England reported 317 deaths, Wales 38, Scotland 36 and Northern Ireland 12.
Hospital deaths had been on a downward trend for fifteen days, but have risen again this week.
Friday’s total is 16% higher than the 346 deaths announced on Dec. 11.
The tolls announced the previous Fridays were 354 on December 4, 408 on November 27, 401 on November 20 and 342 on November 13.
The latest figures came as the four nations of the UK faced fresh calls to rethink their plans to allow limited family reunions under special Christmas bubbles.
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Boris Johnson has not ruled out a third national lockdown amid rising coronavirus rates.
Another 317 people who tested positive for coronavirus died at a hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 45,783, NHS England said on Friday.
The patients were between 35 and 100 years old. All but eight, ages 60 to 97, had known underlying health conditions.
The deaths occurred between November 4 and December 17.
Twenty-six other deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.
There have been a further 2,801 coronavirus cases in Wales, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 117,367.
Public Health Wales reported another 38 deaths, bringing the total in Wales since the start of the pandemic to 3,011.
The Scottish government said 36 more patients have died, bringing the total to 4,239.
Northern Ireland’s death toll increased by 12 to 1,166
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Johnson, meanwhile, has not ruled out a third national shutdown in England amid rising coronavirus rates as health chiefs warn of the cost of the festive mix in frontline staff and services.
The prime minister said infection rates have risen “a lot in recent weeks” as pressure mounts on the government to do more to address the increase.
Northern Ireland and Wales are bracing for closures in the days after Christmas, and a senior emergency medicine doctor said the rest of the UK should do “whatever it takes” to control infections.
During a visit to Greater Manchester, Johnson was asked if England would follow Northern Ireland in imposing strict restrictions after the festive period.
He said: “We are very hopeful that we can prevent something like this. But the reality is that infection rates have risen a lot in recent weeks.”
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