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UK coronavirus deaths hit 21,648 as 552 more die in hospital in England – but true toll is much higher
BREAKING
Holly Christodoulou
28th April 2020, 2:10 pm
Updated: 28th April 2020, 2:31 pm
CORONAVIRUS deaths have jumped to more than 21,600 after 552 people died in England alone – with the true death toll likely to be higher.
NHS England confirmed the latest victims were aged between 31 and 99 – including 38 with no underlying health conditions.
Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates
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Coronavirus deaths have continued to rise
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Today’s figure on the graph just shows deaths in England
The grim rise means 19,301 people have now died from the disease in hospital in England.
And it pushes the total UK death toll to at least 21,648 – but the official figure will be released by the Department of Health later.
NHS England said six of the latest victims had no positive Covid-19 test result but have been included in the latest figures.
This is the lowest Tuesday rise in four weeks after the usual weekend lag when 381 were reported dead on March 31.
It comes as:
Wales has suffered another 17 deaths – with their total now at 813.
The tally for Northern Ireland has not been released yet.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics today found the true death toll could actually be 54 per cent higher once victims outside hospital are factored in.
The shocking statistics found there were 22,300 deaths involving Covid-19 in and outside of hospital up to April 17 but registered to April 25.
This is compared to 14,451 reported by the Department of Health for England and Wales at the same time.
If the 54 per cent difference is applied to the current death toll, at least 32,000 could have been killed by the disease in Britain.
The figures do not include Northern Ireland and Scotland so the true number for the UK will be higher.
The statistics released today also showed Covid-19 care home deaths had trebled in the week leading up to April 17 from 1,043 to 3,096.
But the Care Quality Commission (CQC) reported 4,343 deaths of residents in homes between April 10 and 24 – the first time such figures have been published by the body.
Among the latest deaths is a fit and healthy nurse, who worked as a research nurse in the cardiology ward at St George’s Hospital in South West London.
Ken Lambatan, 34, died after developing hypercoagulation when he contracted the virus – a condition that causes the blood to clot more easily than normal.
More than 90 NHS and social care workers have died during the pandemic.
Coronavirus deaths in the UK yesterday reached 21,092 after 360 more people lost their lives.
This is the lowest daily increase in deaths in four weeks after 180 people lost their lives on March 30.
Britain is now the fifth country to pass 20,000 deaths in hospital from Covid-19 – behind the US, Italy, Spain and France.
UK children dying of new disease 'possibly linked to coronavirus'
Medical experts investigate possible link between coronavirus and severe inflammatory disease among infants.
2 hours ago
Children were believed to be less susceptible than their parents or grandparents to the most grave COVID-19 complications [File: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images]
MORE ON CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Italian and British medical experts are investigating a possible link between the coronavirus pandemic and clusters of severe inflammatory disease among infants who are arriving in hospital with high fevers and swollen arteries.
More:
Doctors in northern Italy, one of the world's hardest-hit areas during the pandemic, have reported extraordinarily large numbers of children under the age of nine with severe cases of what appears to be Kawasaki disease, more common in parts of Asia.
"There are some children who have died who didn't have underlying health conditions," Hancock told LBC Radio.
"It's a new disease that we think may be caused by coronavirus and the COVID-19 virus; we're not 100 percent sure because some of the people who got it hadn't tested positive, so we're doing a lot of research now, but it is something that we're worried about."
Children were until now thought to be much less susceptible than their parents or grandparents to the most deadly complications wrought by the novel coronavirus, though the mysterious inflammatory disease noticed in Britain, Spain and Italy may demand a reassessment.
"It is rare, although it is very significant for those children who do get it, the number of cases is small," Hancock, one of the ministers leading Britain's COVID-19 response, said.
He did not give an exact figure for the number of deaths.
'Unprecedented'
Kawasaki disease has no known cause and is associated with fever, skin rashes, swelling of glands, and in severe cases, inflammation of the arteries of the heart.
Britain's National Health Service says the syndrome only affects about eight in every 100,000 children every year, most of them under the age of five.
There is some evidence that individuals can inherit a predisposition to the disease, but the pattern is not clear.
Children either testing positive for COVID-19 or for its antibodies have presented gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea in the last two weeks, the Spanish Pediatric Association said on Monday.
UK PM warns of risking second coronavirus wave (10:29)
Although the children were otherwise in good health, their condition could deteriorate within hours into shock, featuring tachycardia and hypotension even without fever.
Most cases were detected in school-age or teenage minors, and sometimes overlapped with Kawasaki disease or toxic shock syndrome (TSS).
Parents should be vigilant, junior British interior minister Victoria Atkins said.
"It demonstrates just how fast-moving this virus is and how unprecedented it is in its effect," Atkins told Sky News.
Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, president of the Royal College of Nursing, said she had heard reports about the similarity between cases in infants and Kawasaki syndrome.
"Actually there's far too little known about it and the numbers actually at the moment are really too small," told Sky News. "But it is an alert, and it's something that's actually being explored and examined by a number of different researchers."
GRIM TALLY
UK coronavirus deaths hit 21,648 as 552 more die in hospital in England – but true toll is much higher
BREAKING
Holly Christodoulou
28th April 2020, 2:10 pm
Updated: 28th April 2020, 2:31 pm
CORONAVIRUS deaths have jumped to more than 21,600 after 552 people died in England alone – with the true death toll likely to be higher.
NHS England confirmed the latest victims were aged between 31 and 99 – including 38 with no underlying health conditions.
Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updatesAFP OR LICENSORS
5
Coronavirus deaths have continued to rise
5
Today’s figure on the graph just shows deaths in England
The grim rise means 19,301 people have now died from the disease in hospital in England.
And it pushes the total UK death toll to at least 21,648 – but the official figure will be released by the Department of Health later.
NHS England said six of the latest victims had no positive Covid-19 test result but have been included in the latest figures.
This is the lowest Tuesday rise in four weeks after the usual weekend lag when 381 were reported dead on March 31.
It comes as:
- Britain fell silent at 11am to remember hero frontline staff who have died fighting the virus
- Children may have died from a new “coronavirus-related” condition
- Boris Johnson may set out the next phase of lockdown this week
- Care home deaths from coronavirus in England and Wales have trebled in one week
- A thug knocked out female cop after being asked if his journey was essential
Wales has suffered another 17 deaths – with their total now at 813.
The tally for Northern Ireland has not been released yet.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics today found the true death toll could actually be 54 per cent higher once victims outside hospital are factored in.
The shocking statistics found there were 22,300 deaths involving Covid-19 in and outside of hospital up to April 17 but registered to April 25.
This is compared to 14,451 reported by the Department of Health for England and Wales at the same time.
If the 54 per cent difference is applied to the current death toll, at least 32,000 could have been killed by the disease in Britain.
The figures do not include Northern Ireland and Scotland so the true number for the UK will be higher.
The statistics released today also showed Covid-19 care home deaths had trebled in the week leading up to April 17 from 1,043 to 3,096.
But the Care Quality Commission (CQC) reported 4,343 deaths of residents in homes between April 10 and 24 – the first time such figures have been published by the body.
Among the latest deaths is a fit and healthy nurse, who worked as a research nurse in the cardiology ward at St George’s Hospital in South West London.
Ken Lambatan, 34, died after developing hypercoagulation when he contracted the virus – a condition that causes the blood to clot more easily than normal.
More than 90 NHS and social care workers have died during the pandemic.
Coronavirus deaths in the UK yesterday reached 21,092 after 360 more people lost their lives.
This is the lowest daily increase in deaths in four weeks after 180 people lost their lives on March 30.
Britain is now the fifth country to pass 20,000 deaths in hospital from Covid-19 – behind the US, Italy, Spain and France.
UK children dying of new disease 'possibly linked to coronavirus'
Medical experts investigate possible link between coronavirus and severe inflammatory disease among infants.
2 hours ago
Children were believed to be less susceptible than their parents or grandparents to the most grave COVID-19 complications [File: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images]
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Italian and British medical experts are investigating a possible link between the coronavirus pandemic and clusters of severe inflammatory disease among infants who are arriving in hospital with high fevers and swollen arteries.
More:
Doctors in northern Italy, one of the world's hardest-hit areas during the pandemic, have reported extraordinarily large numbers of children under the age of nine with severe cases of what appears to be Kawasaki disease, more common in parts of Asia.
"There are some children who have died who didn't have underlying health conditions," Hancock told LBC Radio.
"It's a new disease that we think may be caused by coronavirus and the COVID-19 virus; we're not 100 percent sure because some of the people who got it hadn't tested positive, so we're doing a lot of research now, but it is something that we're worried about."
Children were until now thought to be much less susceptible than their parents or grandparents to the most deadly complications wrought by the novel coronavirus, though the mysterious inflammatory disease noticed in Britain, Spain and Italy may demand a reassessment.
"It is rare, although it is very significant for those children who do get it, the number of cases is small," Hancock, one of the ministers leading Britain's COVID-19 response, said.
He did not give an exact figure for the number of deaths.
'Unprecedented'
Kawasaki disease has no known cause and is associated with fever, skin rashes, swelling of glands, and in severe cases, inflammation of the arteries of the heart.
Britain's National Health Service says the syndrome only affects about eight in every 100,000 children every year, most of them under the age of five.
There is some evidence that individuals can inherit a predisposition to the disease, but the pattern is not clear.
Children either testing positive for COVID-19 or for its antibodies have presented gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea in the last two weeks, the Spanish Pediatric Association said on Monday.
UK PM warns of risking second coronavirus wave (10:29)
Although the children were otherwise in good health, their condition could deteriorate within hours into shock, featuring tachycardia and hypotension even without fever.
Most cases were detected in school-age or teenage minors, and sometimes overlapped with Kawasaki disease or toxic shock syndrome (TSS).
Parents should be vigilant, junior British interior minister Victoria Atkins said.
"It demonstrates just how fast-moving this virus is and how unprecedented it is in its effect," Atkins told Sky News.
Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, president of the Royal College of Nursing, said she had heard reports about the similarity between cases in infants and Kawasaki syndrome.
"Actually there's far too little known about it and the numbers actually at the moment are really too small," told Sky News. "But it is an alert, and it's something that's actually being explored and examined by a number of different researchers."
