UK daily death rates now higher than Italy & Spain

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Its partly a recording factor though. A lot of the weekends don't recorded until Monday so are in todays figure. On a slightly better note the new infections remained steady.

On a real downside my wife drove into work today in Newham. She goes one day a week at the moment. She lost count of the groups of youths hanging around. No different than it is in normal times. One group in the park at the end of the Barking at least 30 strong.

Its partly a recording factor though. A lot of the weekends don't recorded until Monday so are in todays figure. On a slightly better note the new infections remained steady.

On a real downside my wife drove into work today in Newham. She goes one day a week at the moment. She lost count of the groups of youths hanging around. No different than it is in normal times. One group in the park at the end of the Barking at least 30 strong.

Why oh why can’t they see sense!?!?!

Analysis: Growth in new UK cases could be stalling

Robert Cuffe

BBC head of statistics

Today’s figures are a record high and bring the currently reported death toll above 6,000 for the first time.

Today's 786 is higher than Saturday’s previous peak of 708 deaths reported in a single day.

We also know that this figure misses deaths that occurred but have not yet been reported, so the true death toll at this point is likely higher.

If there is any silver lining to these grim figures, it is that they represent the fourth day in a row of below-trend growth.

For weeks up until Friday’s figures, the number of deaths had been doubling every three-and-a-half days.

Had that trend continued, we would have seen close to 1,400 deaths today.

So 786 is better than that – although it’s still too soon to know what’s causing it.

It could be a big bottleneck in reporting (we’ve seen that after previous weekends) or genuine evidence that growth is truly slowing down.

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BREAKING

Another 33 coronavirus deaths in Wales

Another 33 people with coronavirus have been confirmed as dying in Wales, taking the total to 245, according to Public Health Wales.

There were another 284 cases, taking the total to 4,073.

England death roll rises by 828 and Wales by 33

A further 828 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in England over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 6,483.

In Wales, a record 33 Covid-19 patients died in the past day, bringing the total number of deaths there to 245.

Dr Robin Howe from Public Health Wales also said 284 new cases have tested positive, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 4,073.

Northern Ireland reported another five hospital deaths linked to the virus, bringing the total there to 78.

There have been 84 new confirmed cases in Northern Ireland, making a total of 1,339.

We reported earlier that 70 more people died in Scotland over the past day, in the highest daily rise there so far.

We'll get a full picture of the UK figures later from the Department of Health - it calculates them slightly differently so we will have to wait for the UK-wide figure.

Number of cases and deaths

As of 9am on 8 April, 282,074 tests have concluded across the UK, with 14,682 tests carried out on 7 April. Some individuals are tested more than once for clinical reasons.

232,708 people have been tested, of whom 60,773 tested positive. Today’s figure for test data does not include Charing Cross and Southampton due to a data processing delay. The tests concluded figure excludes data from Northern Ireland.

As of 5pm on 7 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 7,097 have died.

Spain death toll passes 15,000, but new cases fall

The number of coronavirus deaths in Spain has risen to 15,238, but there is hope as the rate of new infections appears to be slowing.

According to latest data from the past 24 hours, Spain recorded 683 deaths – a drop from the 757 reported on Wednesday.

The figure represents a return to a daily decrease in new cases. New infections had been declining for four consecutive days until the numbers rose again on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thursday's figures also showed a drop in the number of deaths.

Parliament is debating an extension to Spain's lockdown, but the prime minister has suggested the situation is beginning to be brought under control.

Today's figs when they are confirmed will show the highest deaths recorded in the UK -

We have already seen the highest cases in Wales confirmed today -

Big jump in the number of cases

Another 502 cases of coronavirus in Wales have been confirmed, the biggest daily increase of the outbreak so far.

Public Health Wales said yesterday's total of 16 was untypically low because it only covered a six-hour period rather than 24 hours, as the authority changes the time period being covered in the daily announcement.

Number of cases and deaths

As of 9am on 10 April, 316,836 tests have concluded across the UK, with 19,116 tests carried out on 9 April. Some individuals are tested more than once for clinical reasons.

256,605 people have been tested, of whom 73,758 tested positive.

As of 5pm on 9 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 8,958 have died.

UK records 917 new coronavirus deaths

The UK has recorded 917 new coronavirus deaths, taking the total number of people who have died in hospital with the virus to 9,875.

The figure is slightly down from Friday, which at 980 exceeded the worst daily figures seen in Italy and Spain.

It comes as the UK spends the Easter weekend under lockdown, with the public being told to stay at home.

UK 'could be worst affected country in Europe'

The Andrew Marr Show

Wellcome Trust director Sir Jeremy Farrar says the UK is “likely to be one of the worst, if not the worst, affected countries in Europe”.

Sir Jeremy, a member of the UK government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said this was down to the lack of testing and tracing.

He also told the BBC's Andrew Marr a second or third wave of coronavirus was "probably inevitable" and a vaccine was the only way out,

A vaccine could be available by autumn, he added, but it would take months to ramp up manufacturing of it to get to "the scale required to vaccinate many millions of people".

"I would hope we can get done in 12 months," said Sir Jeremy.

Number of cases and deaths

As of 9am on 12 April, 350,575 tests have concluded, with 18,000 tests carried out on 11 April.

282,374 people have been tested, of whom 84,279 tested positive.

As of 5pm on 11 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 10,621 have died.

BREAKING

UK death toll reaches 11,329

The number of people who have died in the UK after being hospitalised and testing positive for coronavirus has now reached 11,329.

The government's department for health and social care said it is a rise of 717 from Easter Sunday's total.

French restrictions have been extended as Italy’s death toll rose above 20,000. Here’s the latest from around Europe on Monday:

President Emmanuel Macron extended the lockdown in France to 11 May, after 574 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to near 15,000

In Italy 566 new deaths were recorded - a higher daily death toll than 24 hours earlier - pushing the country’s total to 20,465. The number of daily infections fell, as did the number of people in intensive care

Spain has allowed construction and manufacturing work to resume, as long as people follow strict safety guidelines