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UK coronavirus death toll rises by 123

NHS England has announced 149 new deaths from coronavirus in hospitals: Getty Images
NHS England has announced 149 new deaths from coronavirus in hospitals: Getty Images

The number of people who have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has jumped by 123.

The Government said 45,677 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Thursday.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been more than 56,100 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

The Government also said in the 24-hour period up to 9am on Friday, there had been a further 770 lab-confirmed cases. Overall, a total of 297,914 cases have been confirmed.

It comes after a further 16 people have died in hospitals in the UK after contracting coronavirus.

The figure, published on Friday by NHS England, does not include those who died in care homes and other settings.

All the recorded fatalities happened in England, with the victims aged between 58 and 104.

Health authorities in Scotland and Wales reported no new Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours.

The figures for Northern Ireland were yet to be released.

Weekly figures published by the Government meanwhile showed the growth rate of coronavirus transmission in the UK remains at a similar level to last week.

The figures published by the Government Office for Science and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) revealed the growth rate is now at minus 4 four per cent to minus 1 per cent per day, compared with a rate of minus 5 per cent to minus 1 per cent per day, last week.

The growth rate reflects how quickly the number of infections is changing day by day and, as the number of infections decreases, it is a way of keeping track of the virus.

If the growth rate is greater than zero, and therefore positive, then the disease will grow, and if the growth rate is less than zero, then the disease will shrink.

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