UK coronavirus death toll rises to 335
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A further 46 people who tested positive for the coronavirus have died in England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in the UK to 335.
“Patients were aged between 47 and 105 years old and all had underlying health conditions,” said an NHS England statement.
“Their families have been informed.”
It came after the first UK patients were enrolled in a clinical trial for possible Covid-19 treatments.
Researchers from the University of Oxford have launched a new clinical trial to test the effects of potential drug treatments for patients admitted to hospital with the virus.
Of the UK deaths, 303 have been in England; 16 in Wales; 14 in Scotland, and two in Northern Ireland.
Health secretary Matt Hancock said the government was working “incredibly hard” to expand testing, by buying tests in the UK and abroad.
Next and O2 are the latest high-street chains to close their stores in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus.
The patients died at hospitals run by the following NHS Trusts:
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: One
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust: One
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust: One
St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Two
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust: Two
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: One
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: One
University College London Hospital NHS Trust: Two
Royal Free London NHS Trust: Four
Barts Healthcare NHS Trust: One
Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Trust: Two
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust: One
Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust: Three
Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust: One
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust: Two
The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust: One
Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust: One
South Warwickshire NHS Trust: One
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Three
Sunderland and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust: Two
Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust: Four
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust: One
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust: Three
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: One
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Two
Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust: Two
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