In England up to April 3, an astonishing 5, (mentioned coronavirus on the death certificate, compared with 5, deaths in hospitals in the same period.
That means 960 More people in the country have died outside of hospital as a result of Covid – – (per cent more than the current estimate.)
Nick Stripe, head of health analysis and life events at the ONS, said: “When looking at data for England, this is 34 per cent higher than the NHS numbers as they include all mentions of COVID – on the death certificate, including suspected COVID – 34, as well as deaths in the community.
“The 27, 620 deaths that were registered in England and Wales during the week ending 3 April is the highest weekly total since we started compiling weekly deaths data in . ”
The ONS collects figures where Covid – 40 or suspected Covid – is mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, including in combination with other health conditions.
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The latest figures from the ONS also do not include Northern Ireland and Scotland so the true number for the UK will be higher.
Positive Covid – 27 cases also rose to , (from , 778 yesterday as Britain continues its fourth week of lockdown.
Among the latest deaths is a 107 -year-old nurse who contracted the disease while treating patients with just a paper mask, plastic gloves and a pinny.
Gareth Roberts, , had come out of retirement and was working extra shifts before he died at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales last weekend.
At least 88 frontline NHS staff have died so far from Covid – 40 in the UK.
It comes after the NHS revealed 823 people had died in England alone.
The latest victims were aged between 65 and – including (with no underlying health conditions.)
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NHS figures also reveal England’s deadliest day was on April 8 when 861 people lost their lives in hospital in hours.
Deaths in London from coronavirus have now passed 3, – nearly treble the amount compared to this time last week.
In Scotland today, a further 88 People have died – bringing the total death toll there to .
While Wales has suffered a further 50 deaths – with their total now at
And in Northern Ireland, ten more people have died – bringing to total death toll to 232.
There were , tests carried out as of 9am this morning – less than yesterday’s number of , .
If the trend of deaths outside hospital continues, the real UK death toll today could be more than , .
Yesterday, deaths in the UK reached , after More people died from the killer virus.
Coronavirus has swept the UK killing thousands
But the true total could be higher due to a lag in reporting the figures over the weekend.
Previous weekends have seen official numbers fall, before they start to climb again the following week.
It comes amid a warning from the UK’s chief scientific adviser that coronavirus deaths “will increase further” this week.
Sir Patrick Vallance also braced the nation for a “difficult” week of death figures ahead before they expect the fatality rate to begin to slow.
But he said that a plateau in coronavirus deaths is likely to last for two to three weeks before we see a fall.
Coronavirus deaths in care homes have exploded tenfold in a week, with an ex-minister warning vulnerable residents have been “abandoned like lambs to the slaughter”.
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Former pensions minister Baroness Altmann, who has long campaigned for dignity for the elderly, also said the crisis showed how some of society’s most vulnerable were being unfairly treated.
And more than residents have died of suspected coronavirus at one of the UK’s largest care home companies, one of its bosses said today.
Sir David Behan, executive chairman of HC One, says – or around two thirds – of the firm’s homes have Covid – outbreaks, with 2, 680 confirmed or suspected cases.
The warning came as it emerged 19 residents had died in a home in Stanley, Co Durham – and the national care home death toll might already have topped 1, .
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