Coronavirus hospital deaths in Britain have increased by 293, statistics show - as a week-on-week Saturday decline continues.
A further 257 patients have died in England, 18 in Scotland, 16 in Wales and two in Northern Ireland. The daily figure is lower by 62 than the number of people who died in hospital a week ago, which totalled 355, and lower by 220 than the Saturday before - 513 on February 13.
It is also a significant drop from a Saturday around a month ago, when 825 people died on January 23. Hospital deaths rose by 352 yesterday, according to official numbers.
A further 8,523 coronavirus cases were reported in Britain yesterday, taking the total to 4,163,085. The full death tally across all settings - including care homes and the
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