The number of people who have died with coronavirus in hospitals in the UK has risen by more than 800 in the last 24 hours. The number of hospital deaths in the UK has risen by 847 to 14,576 from 13,729 yesterday, according to the Department of Health.
The number of confirmed cases has risen by 5,599 to 108,692 from 103,093 yesterday. A total of 438,991 tests have now been carried out with more than 21,000 concluding yesterday.
NHS England announced 738 new deaths of people with coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 13,134.
Of the 738 new deaths announced today, 138 occurred on April 16, 320 occurred on April 15 and 109 occurred on April 14. The figures published today by NHS
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