UK coronavirus hospital deaths soar by 573 - highest Sunday in seven months

mirror.co.uk:

The UK's coronavirus hospital death toll has increased by 573 - the highest number on a Sunday for seven months. England reported 508 fatalities, Scotland had three, Wales recorded 45 and Northern Ireland had 17 to bring Britain's hospital toll to 573.

This number is a huge leap compared to previous Sundays when 448 were recorded on January 3 and 301 on December 27. Today's death toll is the highest Sunday increase since May 3, when 358 deaths were recorded.

The grim figure means the total number of hospital deaths now stands at 65,972. The number of people in the UK who have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus, in all settings, has now exceeded 80,000 after a further 1,035 deaths were recorded on Saturday.