UK coronavirus deaths rises by 138 on Tuesday... but it's lower than last week's figure
manchestereveningnews.co.ukcoronavirus has increased by 138 people in a 24-hour period. The Department of Health and Social Care said 44,968 people have now died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus as of 5pm on Sunday.This was an increase of 138 people on the 44,830 deaths recorded the previous day.The figures do not include all deaths involving Covid-19 across the UK, which are thought to have passed 55,500.The DHSC also said that in the 24-hour period up to 9am on Tuesday, there had been a further 398 lab-confirmed UK cases.Overall, a total of 291,373 cases have now been confirmed.Although it remains relatively high, the daily number of deaths is slightly lower than the 155 deaths reported in the UK a week ago on.
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