Britain sees highest daily coronavirus deaths since March 9

Meanwhile, a serviceman of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry disinfects an Orthodox chapel at Moscow’s Leningradsky railway station on Tuesday. Pic/AFP

The UK reported another 223 Coronavirus-related deaths, the highest number of fatalities recorded in one day since 231 were recorded on March 9, according to official figures released on Tuesday. The total number of Coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 138,852. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test, Xinhua news agency reported.

Another 43,738 people in the UK have tested positive for Covid-19 as the country recorded more than 40,000 Covid cases on the seventh consecutive day. It brought the total number of Coronavirus cases in the country to 8,541,192. There are currently 7,749 patients in hospital with Covid-19. The latest data came after the country reported 49,156 cases of Covid-19 on Monday, marking the largest daily rise since lockdown rules ended in England three months ago.

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32,58,75
No. of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours

24,17,15,779
Total no. of cases worldwide

49,16,944
Total no. of deaths worldwide

Source: WHO/Johns Hopkins

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