UK hospital coronavirus deaths have risen by 823 to stand at 17,337 in figures announce by the Department of Health.
535,342 tests have concluded, with 18,206 tests as on the 20 April while 397,670 people have been tested of which 129,044 tested positive.
Meanwhile figures published this morning show that deaths from Covid-19 in Britain’s care homes was 1,043 deaths up from total 217 the week before.
The numbers also show that the scale deaths from all causes for this time of year, 18,516 are the biggest total for that week recorded in modern times with one third of those related to Covid.
The total coronavirus death toll is 40% higher for that week than hospital death numbers suggested. The ONS figures show 12,516 people had died from Covid-19 by April 10th, a figure higher than 8,937 hospital deaths reported by Department of Health that same day.
The figures would suggest that total deaths in the UK sit somewhere around 20,000 compared to the 16,509 reported yesterday as Hospital deaths.
The ONS also says that from next week it will be working with the Care Quality Commission to better understand deaths occurring in care homes. From 28 April, we will publish counts of deaths involving Covid in care homes, based on reporting from care home operators to the CQC
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world has now passed 2.5m, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The US remains top of the national rankings kept by the Maryland, US-based research university, with 788,920 cases, followed by Spain with 204,178, then Italy with 181,228, followed by France, Germany and the UK.
