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The UK coronavirus hospital death toll has risen by 14, Wednesday’s highest total in nearly a month, amid new warnings that deaths could rise again.
England reported 11 new deaths on Wednesday, Northern Ireland had two and Scotland announced one when Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon urged people to act now to prevent a spike in Covid-19 deaths in the coming weeks.
Wales reported no new deaths.
The number of confirmed cases increased by 267 in Scotland and 199 in Wales.
On recent Wednesdays, the death toll increased by 12 on September 9, 10 on September 2, 12 on August 26, 16 on August 19, and 11 on August 12, the lowest total on a Wednesday since The shutdown began in March.
The highest increase on a Wednesday was 936 on April 8 when the UK was at the peak of its outbreak.
The new figures were announced as many Britons continue to struggle to access a coronavirus test, especially in the worst-hit areas of England, and when a local lockdown was announced for Rhondda Cynon Taf in South Wales amid a surge in infections. .
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NHS England reported 11 new deaths, bringing the total number of hospital deaths in England to 29,687.
According to separate figures, the number of people admitted to hospital for coronavirus in England on Sunday was the highest since the beginning of July.
The latest government data reveals that 153 people with Covid-19 were admitted on Sunday, the most since July 1 when the number was 201.
Scotland reported one new death in the previous 24 hours, bringing its total to 2,501.
Sturgeon said 267 positive cases of the virus had been recorded during the same time period, bringing the total to 23,283. This is 3.6% of the newly tested individuals.
Separate data based on death certificates shows that 4,236 people have died in Scotland with confirmed or suspected coronavirus.
She told reporters: “Unless we act to stop community transmission now, it is very likely that cases of serious illness and deaths will increase in the coming weeks.
“If community transmission continues to increase as night continues to day, we will see more cases of people in the hospital, and sadly more cases of people dying.”
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Two more deaths were reported in Northern Ireland, where the current figure is 573.
The death toll in Wales stands at 1,597 after no new deaths were reported.
The number of confirmed cases increased from 199 to 19,880.
In other developments:
– The Rhondda Cynon Taf area in South Wales will be placed under a local lockdown following an increase in coronavirus cases, the Government of Wales announced.
– The Covid-19 infection rate in Bolton, where there are local restrictions, has soared to 211.1 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to September 10, higher than Leicester’s rate when it was returned to a local lock.
– England’s Director of Public Health in London, Professor Kevin Fenton, has suggested that a nightly curfew could be among the measures considered in the capital to prevent a second wave of the virus.
– Testing for Covid-19 was not available in some of the worst-hit areas of England on Wednesday, and some people were offered spaces more than 50 miles away.
It was not possible to book a test in Bolton, which currently has the highest infection rate in England, on Wednesday morning.
– Boris Johnson defended the problematic Covid-19 testing system and said his government was drawing up a list that would establish who will be at the front of the line, amid mounting fears of a new coronavirus crisis in the homes of seniors.
Johnson confronted Labor Deputy Leader Angela Rayner at the Prime Minister’s Questions after Sir Keir Starmer was forced to wait more than 24 hours for the result of a coronavirus test on a family member.
– Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has urged people to stay away from the Royal Bolton Hospital Accident and Emergency Unit unless strictly necessary after nearly 100 showed up to request Covid-19 testing.
– All Middlesbrough households will receive free masks with informational brochures as the mayor-elect steps up the fight against Covid-19.
– Ten matches in the English Football League – three in the Championship, four in League One and three in League Two – will be played with up to 1,000 spectators this weekend.
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