Official UK coronavirus death toll passes 37,000 after another 134 die – but the real figure is much higher - The Sun

THE official UK coronavirus death toll has today risen by 134 in 24 hours as fatalities pass 37,000.

It is one of the smallest increases yet as the UK edges closer to getting out of lockdown after the pandemic hit - however new statistics today revealed the true toll could be much higher.

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The death toll has continued to grow in the UKCredit: w8media

Health authorities today said 37,048 people had died from the bug across the UK, with 265,227 cases overall.

But the number comes after the Office for National Statistics today revealed 47,000 people could have been killed by the deadly bug already.

The ONS figures show that 42,173 died from the virus in England and Wales up to May 15.

Combined with the latest ONS stats for Scotland and Northern Ireland, it means a total of 46,383 have died across the UK.

A further 964 hospital patients in England who had tested positive for Covid-19 died between May 16 and May 24 meaning that the overall UK death toll is just above 47,300.

The figure is 10,000 more than the official Department of Health stats.

It comes as

In England hospitals, 116 people died including patients aged between 50 and 100 years old.

Scotland today recorded 18 more deaths, with the toll in the country reaching 2,291.

Wales reported another eight deaths to bring their total to 1,282. And in Northern Ireland, no news deaths were reported - the first day there has been no new fatalities since March 24.

Britain has been in lockdown for over two months with most shops closed and people living in isolation since March 23.

But the extreme measures have slowly started to ease with barbecues and garden parties for ten person 'bubbles' expected to be allowed from the end of June.

Boris Johnson hailed the move as a step on the road to "rebuilding our country" and urged Brits to "spend" to help the economy to "bounce back".

The new relaxation measures will pave the way for millions of people to head back to work.

But the WHO's Dr Mike Ryan has warned of a second peak of coronavirus.

He said: We may get a second peak in this wave, this happened during pandemics in the past."

And he added the virus numbers could "jump up at any  time".

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