The number of people who have died in UK hospitals after contracting coronavirus is now over 26,000. The latest update from the Department of Health reports that the figure is up by nearly 5,000 from 21,678 at the same point yesterday.
A total of 26,097 patients had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Tuesday, Public Health England today said.
Since the start of the outbreak the Department of Health has only releases the number of people who have died in hospital after contracting coronavirus which did not include deaths in care homes or the community.