UK coronavirus death toll jumps by 176 as total hits 43,906

The number of people who have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has jumped by 176.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said 43,906 people had died in the nation's hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for the disease as of 5pm on Tuesday.

The Government figures do not include all deaths involving Covid-19 across the UK, which are thought to have passed 54,000.

Of these, a further 50 deaths occurred in England's hospitals, according to Public Health England (PHE), while Wales saw another six, Scotland another one, and Northern Ireland reported no new fatalities overnight.

The UK saw another 829 confirmed cases of the virus, according to the DHSC, which reported that 226,398 tests had been carried out in the 24-hour period up to 9am on Wednesday.

In total, 9,662,051 tests have been carried out across the country since the start of the outbreak, with 313,483 cases confirmed to date.

The figure for the number of people tested has been “temporarily paused to ensure consistent reporting” across all methods of testing, the department has said.

The latest counts come amid criticism of the way PHE and the Government are handling data on coronavirus cases, with accusations of long delays in sharing figures with regional public health experts.

A PHE regional map for testing across England shows the towns and cities suffering high numbers of cases.

The data covers all mass testing in England, including that carried out in NHS and PHE labs – known as pillar one – plus all community testing, drive-throughs and tests sent to people’s homes, known as pillar two.

The map shows that the worst affected regions (with at least 45 cases per 100,000 people in the week to June 21) are Leicester – which went into further lockdown on Tuesday – Barnsley, Bradford and Rochdale.

A PHE regional map shows the towns and cities across England suffering high numbers of cases
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There are six areas in the next worst affected category (30-44.9 cases per 100,000), which are Bedford, Blackburn with Darwen, Tameside, Oldham, Kirklees and Rotherham.

The top 10 are:

Leicester (with 140.2 cases per 100,000 population)

Bradford (69.4)

Barnsley (54.7)

Rochdale (53.6)

Bedford (42)

Oldham (38.6)

Rotherham (33.6)

Tameside (33.3)

Blackburn with Darwen (32.9)

Kirklees (30.3)

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