UK coronavirus hospital death toll rises by 21 in lowest Sunday since lockdown

mirror.co.uk:

The number of coronavirus patients to die in UK hospitals has risen by 21 in the past 24 hours to 33,191. It is the lowest Sunday figure since the start of the lockdown in March, with 27 deaths confirmed a week ago.

The number is a significant drop from the 84 deaths reported yesterday, although there is often a reporting lag at weekends.

The tragic figure was revealed by health services, as the worldwide death toll nears 500,000. Health authorities in Wales confirmed two more Covid-19 patients had died, bringing the number of hospital fatalities in the country to 1,504.

Northern Ireland's death toll rose by one to 550. No fatalities were recorded in Scotland in the past 24 hours. Figures from the Johns Hoskins Coronavirus Resource Centre