Dec 2020. Covid 14 Dec 20

A further 232 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test, while an additional 20,263 people tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. The latest data from the Department of Health confirmed the UK coronavirus death toll has risen to 64,402. Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show that more than 78,000 deaths involving coronavirus have now occurred in the UK. The total number of coronavirus cases in the UK has now risen to 1,869,666. A further 179 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 44,464, NHS England said on Monday. Patients were aged between 40 and 99. All except four, aged between 74 and 92, had known underlying health conditions. The deaths were between December 5 to December 13. Seven other deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.