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The number of people who have died in hospitals across England, Scotland and Wales after contracting coronavirus has risen by 368 in 24 hours.
It is the UK’s lowest daily death toll in several weeks, coming just a day after the UK surpassed 20,000 deaths on Saturday.
The increase consists of 336 in England, 18 in Scotland and 14 in Wales. Data from Northern Ireland are yet to be published.
UK-wide figures from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have not so far been released, so the total is taken from each nation’s individual reporting.
It brings the working total to 20,687.
But the government tally is unlikely to match this figure even with Northern Ireland taken into account.
Environment secretary George Eustice said there had been an increase of 413 fatalities in the UK since yesterday, and said 152,840 people have tested positive – an increase of 4,463 cases since the day before. Of those hospitalised with the virus, 20,732 have now died in the UK.
NHS England said a further 336 people have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total hospital deaths in England to 18,420.
The patients were aged between 28 and 100 and 22 of the 336 patients (aged between 41 and 94 years old) had no known underlying health conditions.
Their families have been informed.
According to the regional breakdown, 66 people died in the North East and Yorkshire, while 64 died in London and 57 in the Midlands.
