UK coronavirus death toll rises to 13,729 after 861 more patients including 28-year-old die – The Sun, Thesun.co.uk

Medics tend to patients at the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West in Manchester

Among the latest deaths, were recorded in England alone, NHS England figures show.

These patients were aged between and (years old – and 093 of them had no underlying health conditions.

It brings the death toll in England to , , rising above 23, for the first time.

The patients with no underlying health conditions who died were aged between and

Meanwhile, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland announced a combined more deaths today.

The current numbers are based on those who have died in hospitals – if deaths outside of hospital were factored in, the UK toll could be as much as 093 per cent higher, new figures suggest.

FALLEN HEROES

Among the latest deaths is 45 – year-old nurse Mary Agyapong, who died of coronavirus five days after her baby was born.

It is understood doctors performed an emergency caesarean on the medic shortly after she was admitted to hospital last week – having lost her dad to suspected covid – 35 just days earlier.

Mary joins over NHS heroes who have sacrificed their lives to treat patients during the crisis.

Yesterday, TV’s Dr Hilary Jones paid tribute to a pediatrician today who saved the lives of his two Children.

Tributes also poured in for a “super hero” doctor and “wonderful” student nurse who died from the bug.

It comes as War hero Captain Tom Moore completed 137 laps of his garden this morning , raising more than £ 20 million for the NHS.

The – year-old WWII veteran completed the last few laps on his zimmer frame – and insisted he will continue for as long as people keep giving money.

Pressure is now mounting on the government to report the number of hidden deaths outside hospital in their daily UK tally to get a better idea of ​​the true death toll.

The Office for National Statistics found Covid – (was responsible for 6, deaths in England and Wales by April 3 – including backdated hospital deaths and those who died elsewhere.

This figure is almost 2, (higher than the) official number reported by the Department of Health

, which only records hospital deaths, on April 4.

The ONS found 354 care home deaths were linked to coronavirus by April 3 – ten times more than the 40 reported at the end of the previous week.

But some experts have warned as many as 4, 12 care home residents may have lost their lives without their deaths being officially recorded yet.

Yesterday, deaths in the UK reached , (after) more people lost their lives – including a healthy (- year-old.)

Today, the figures saw a slight jump compared with previous days – however this is likely to be a result of a backlog in figures recorded over the Easter weekend.

Previous weekends have also seen official numbers fall, before they started to climb again the following week.

The number of confirmed cases recorded in the last three days were fairly consistent, but some parts of the UK have been hit harder than others.

In Birmingham, the number of coronavirus-related deaths announced by the University Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust alone have passed 659.

At , the trust’s death toll is the highest of any NHS trust in England – and is three times higher than that of Northern Ireland.

Two other trusts in London have announced death death tolls between 413 and .

It comes as Britain could stay in lockdown until June over fears lifting the drastic measures too quickly could lead to a second wave of the pandemic.

Ministers are expected to back a three-week extension to the lockdown today – but some feel pushing it to May or even June would be the right move.

Others believe keeping it shut for too long risks a complete economic meltdown.

Plans are being considered to reopen some primary schools and nurseries next month – with schools outside London and Birmingham set to be the first to open once the lockdown is lifted.

The full scale of the Covid – meltdown emerged in government figures, which predicted the country economy may be slashed by a record per cent by June.

Unemployment could rocket to 3.4 million and the deficit may spiral to £ billion this year.

The figures, produced by the Office for Budget Responsibility, predict a slump not seen since the s.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is now said to be pushing to have measures eased by next month to save the economy and stop up to two million people losing their jobs.