UK coronavirus death toll in hospitals rises by 11

The number of people who have died in hospital with coronavirus has risen by 11 - one of the lowest daily jumps to date.

A further 10 people have died in England, one in Wales and no new fatalities were reported in either Scotland or Northern Ireland.

The figures differ from those released by the Department of Health and Social Care, which count deaths more widely across the community and in care homes.

NHS England said on Wednesday that a further 10 people died in hospital in England, bringing the total number to 29,212.

Patients were aged between 50 and 97 years old and all had known underlying health conditions.

One further death was reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

One further person died in Wales after testing positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,548, public health officials said.

There have been another 22 cases reported bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 16,987, Public Health Wales said.

Another nine people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health said.

There were no new deaths. The toll remains at 556.

In Scoltand, no deaths of people who tested positive for the virus were recorded for the sixth consecutive day, meaning the toll remains at 2,941.

The country has also recorded 10 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in a day, Nicola Sturgeon announced.

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Speaking at the Scottish Government’s coronavirus briefing, she said 18,484 people have tested positive for Covid-19 north of the border.

She added provisional figures indicate three of the 10 new cases are in Lanarkshire and one of these is linked to the outbreak at the Sitel call centre in the region.

There were 295 people in hospital with confirmed Covid-19 in hospital, down eight in 24 hours.

Of these, three were in intensive care, down one from the previous day.

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