Number of new smittetilfælde in the Uk rose less this week than last week. But the death toll sets a record.
For the fourth day in a row is the number of deaths among patients who were infected by the coronavirus, has increased in the Uk.
In the past day is 708 people who were infected with the coronavirus, has died.
It shall notify the country’s health ministry on Saturday.
A five-year child is among the 708 people dead, informs the national health service, NHS, according to the tv station BBC and the AFP news agency.
The five-year is, however, not the first child, who has been the victim of coronavirusset in the Uk. Monday dead a 13-year-old boy, who was tested positive.
The 13-year-old was buried in London, outside the immediate family was present, because two of his siblings have shown symptoms of the disease.
The 708 died, the authorities have announced Saturday, is the highest number of coronadødsfald on a single day in the Uk.
It is an increase in the number of deaths at 20 per cent compared to the day before. Here, reported the authorities of 684 deaths with coronasmitte in the course of a day.
In all, 4313 people who were infected with the coronavirus, died in the Uk.
at the same time, the increase in the number of confirmed smittetilfælde in united kingdom be slowed up. In the course of the past day, authorities have confirmed 3735 new smittetilfælde. The day before it was 4450, writes the BBC.
In the last week increased the number of new smittetilfælde by about 20 percent on the day, but this week it was only about 10 percent, it shall notify the tv station.
Button of 42,000 in total have tested positive for the infection, since coronaudbruddet began. The figure also includes the dead, as well as persons reported healthy again.
at the same time, according to figures from the u.s. Johns Hopkins University, that the number of deaths worldwide has reached more than 60,000 as a result of the corona virus.
the Majority of them come from seven countries: Italy, Spain, USA, France, Uk, Iran and China. They are – in order – the hardest hit countries with the highest death toll.
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