Ten more people have died after being diagnosed with coronavirus, with 1,140 cases now confirmed in the UK. It is the largest number of deaths announced on a single day since the start of the outbreak and brings the UK’s total number of fatalities to 21. In Ireland, a second patient with the virus died as the number of confirmed cases rose to 129 on Saturday. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2:30 COVID-19: The Scientific Advice The number of people testing positive for the infection in the UK was up by 342 from 798 at the same time on Friday. Health officials say 37,746 people in the UK have so far been tested. Advertisement The 10 new UK victims were all aged over 60 and were in “the at-risk groups”, said Professor Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England. They were being cared for by nine trusts including Buckinghamshire, Sandwell & West Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Leicester, Barts, London, north Middlesex and Chester. More on Covid-19 COVID: Vulnerable coronavirus patients getting at-home treatment which improves symptoms ‘within hours’ COVID-19: Infections have levelled off and may have started falling, official data shows COVID-19: Omicron symptoms less severe than… Read full this story
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