Another 873 people have died in UK hospitals after contracting coronavirus, taking the death toll to at least 17,408.
Today’s jump in deaths is nearly double yesterday’s increase of 449, which was likely lower because death figures tend to drop on Monday due to delays in fatalities being registered over the weekend.
The toll was updated after England recorded another 778 deaths. Scotland reported 70 deaths, while 25 were recorded in Wales. Northern Ireland has not yet released its new death toll.
A total of 17,408 is calculated by combining the self-reported figures from England (15,607), Scotland (985), Wales (609), and Northern Ireland (207, as of yesterday).
The combined daily increase from the three nations comes to 873 (not including Northern Ireland), which could be different to the figure later released by the Department of Health (DoH) this afternoon.
The government has said this difference is because each devolved authority often makes amendments to their own data after reporting deaths to the DoH each day.
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It is important to note that all of these deaths occurred in hospitals across the UK. They do not take into account the people dying at home, in care facilities, hospices, or other locations outside of hospitals.
The latest figures were released after it emerged the true UK coronavirus death toll could be 41% higher than official figures.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said 13,121 people in England and Wales had died by April 10 with mentions of Covid-19 on their death certificates, compared with 9,288 in the government’s daily toll.
If the UK’s figures are underestimating the death toll by a similar figure, then the true death toll for the country as a whole could be above 23,000 based on the latest data – making it the second worst hit in Europe after Italy.
Unlike the daily data published by the government that show only deaths in hospitals, today’s figures include deaths in the community, such as at nursing homes.
Covid-19 was mentioned in a third of all death certificates issued in England and Wales in the week to April 10. In London, more than half of the death certificates issued that week mentioned Covid-19.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths in care homes has doubled in just four weeks.
The new data showed nearly one in five (16.8%) of all deaths occurring in care homes involved Covid-19 in the week ending 10 April.
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A total of 1,043 people died in care homes in that week, while 87 died in hospices. The ONS said 466 died in private homes and a further 66 died in other locations.
There were 8,673 coronavirus deaths in hospitals in the same time period.
It is important to note that the ONS figures are based on mentions of Covid-19 on death certificates, whether or not the deceased had tested positive for coronavirus.
ONS statistician Nick Stripe told the BBC: ‘In care homes settings there are now double the number of deaths from all causes, all mortality causes, double the number in care homes than there were two weeks previously.
‘About 17% of those deaths mention COVID on the death certificate.’
The latest hospital deaths data published on Monday show 16,509 people had died across the United Kingdom.
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