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One year on from first known coronavirus death in the UK
Nearly a year has passed since the first known coronavirus death in the UK on January 30 2020. The death was not formally confirmed as having involved Covid-19 until the end of August and the first coronavirus cases were only reported in...
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll at 110,250
The Government said a further 915 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Thursday, bringing the UK total to 110,250. As of 9am on Thursday, there had been a further 20,634 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus...
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll at 109,335
The Government said a further 1,322 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 109,335. As of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 19,202 lab-confirmed cases of...
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Post-mortems to be carried out after two bodies found in house in Co Cavan
Garda officers and forensic officers a rural property on the outskirts of Cloverhill, Co Cavan where the bodies of a man and female where discovered last night.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK deaths at 112,798
The Government said a further 333 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday, bringing the UK total to 112,798. As of 9am on Monday, there had been a further 14,104 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in...
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll rises by 373
The Government said a further 373 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday, bringing the UK total to 112,465.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll rises by 828
The UK Covid-19 death total stands at 112,092, with 828 further deaths confirmed on Saturday.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll rises by 1,014
The UK Covid-19 death total stands at 111,264, with 1,014 further deaths confirmed on Friday.
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Temporary mortuary reopens at UK airport
Footage of a hangar at Birmingham Airport which has reopened as an emergency coronavirus mortuary. The temporary morgue opened last year but closed after Covid-19 deaths dropped in the summer. However, it has been reopened as the...
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll reaches 114,851
The Government said a further 1,001 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 114,851.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK exceeds four million lab-confirmed cases
The Government said a further 758 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday, bringing the UK total to 116,287.
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Coronavirus in numbers: Vaccinations pass 15 million target
The Government said a further 258 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday, bringing the UK total to 117,166. Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has...
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll reaches 116,908
The Government said a further 621 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK total to 116,908.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll rises by 738
The Government said a further 738 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 118,933.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK deaths rise to 120,365
The Government said a further 445 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK total to 120,365.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK deaths at 119,920
Another 533 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in the UK and there have been 12,027 new cases, daily figures show. This compares to the 454 deaths and 12,057 cases reported by the Government on Thursday.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll rises by 454
The Government said a further 454 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 119,387.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll rises by 442
The Government said a further 442 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 121,747. The Government also said that, as of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 9,938...
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll rises by 548
The Government said a further 548 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Tuesday, taking the UK total to 121,305. The Government also said that, as of 9am on Tuesday, there had been a further 8,489...
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK deaths at 120,757
Another 178 coronavirus-related deaths and 10,641 new cases have been recorded, while the number of people to have received a first jab has now passed 17.7 million.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK death toll rises by 345
The Government said a further 345 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 122,415.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK deaths at 124,025
The Government said a further 242 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK deaths at 123,783
The Government said a further 315 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday. As of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 6,385 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK deaths near 125,000
The Government said a further 158 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK total to 124,419. The Government also said that, as of 9am on Saturday, there had been a further 6,040...