UK coronavirus death toll rises by 351 to 36,393

Ewan Somerville22 May 2020

The number of people who have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has risen to 36,393.

It is a rise of 351 from the figure announced on Thursday, the Department of Health and Social Care said.

In the 24-hour period up to 9am on Friday, 140,497 tests were carried out or dispatched, with a total of 80,297 people tested with 3,287 positive results.

Overall a total of 3,231,921 tests have been carried out on 2,144,626 people, and 254,195 cases have been confirmed positive.

The UK's death toll has now passed 36,000 
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NHS England announced 121 new deaths, bringing the total of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 25,388.

The latest fatalities were aged between 41 and 98-years-old and three had no known underlying health conditons, NHS England said.

In Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a total of 2,245 patients have died after testing positive for coronavirus, up by 24 from 2,221 on Thursday.

Public Health Wales said a further seven people have died after testing positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of deaths in Wales to 1,254.

Meanwhile, a further three lives were lost to the virus in Northern Ireland taking its total to 504.

The UK-wide rise in deaths is up from Thursday's DHSC figure of 338, but is a decline on last Friday's level of 384.

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