coronavirus - bringing the total number of cases in the UK since the pandemic began to 634,920. The UK death toll - people who died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 - is now at 43,018.Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been 58,500 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
New figures also show that hospital admissions in the UK continue to rise. According to the latest hospital data, there were 3,905 Covid-19 patients in hospital in England as of Tuesday, up from 2,783 a week ago, while 441 Covid-19 hospital patients were in ventilation beds, up from 349 a week ago.A total of 628 patients with confirmed Covid-19 were admitted to hospitals in.