Confirmed UK coronavirus cases hits 100,000 as death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients rises by 861

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Rebecca Speare-Cole16 April 2020

The number of confirmed coronavirus case in the UK today reached 100,000 as the death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients rose to 13,729.

The Department of Health said that 327,608 people have been tested for the virus, of which 103,093 had tested positive, as of 9am on Thursday.

That reflects the number of cases confirmed since the outbreak began. The majority will have recovered since testing positive.

The death toll, up by 861 from the day before , relates to fatalities recorded across hospitals in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as of 5pm on Wednesday.

The figure will differ from the total number of deaths recorded by the four individual NHS bodies.

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Earlier today, NHS England said a total of 12,396 Covid-19 related deaths had now been recorded in hospitals in England, an increase of 740.

In Scotland, 779 people were said to have died after contracting the virus, after 80 new deaths were recorded.

In Wales, the total rose by 32 to 495, while there were 18 newly-recorded deaths in Northern Ireland, bringing the total to 158.

Of the 740 new deaths announced by NHS England today, 151 occurred on April 15, 314 occurred on April 14 and 122 occurred on April 13.

The figures also show 143 of the deaths took place between April 1 and April 12, and the remaining 10 deaths occurred in March, with the earliest new death taking place on March 9.

The NHS release updated figures each day showing the dates of every coronavirus-related death in hospitals, often including previously uncounted deaths that took place several days or even weeks ago.

This is because of the time it takes for deaths to be confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19, for post-mortem examinations to be processed, and for data from the tests to be validated.

The figures published today by NHS England also show that April 8 currently has the highest total for the most hospital deaths occurring on a single day – 782 – although this could change in future updates.

Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus-related deaths announced at a single NHS trust so far has passed 500.

As of 5pm on April 15, the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust had announced 505 deaths, according to figures from NHS England.

This is the highest number for any trust in England.

Two other trusts have announced between 300 and 400 deaths.

They are London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (350) and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (348).

A further six trusts have announced between 200 and 300 deaths.

It comes as Downing Street confirmed that a review will take place into why people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds appear to be disproportionately affected by coronavirus.

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The PM’s spokesman said the NHS and Public Health England would take the lead in reviewing the evidence.

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Meanwhile Health Secretary Matt Hancock earlier said the death toll of NHS staff was at least 27.

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