The Government said a further 345 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday, bringing the UK total to 122,415.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 142,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
The Government also said that, as of 9am on Friday, there had been a further 8,523 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.
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A further 307 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 82,717, NHS England said on Friday.
Patients were aged between 34 and 100. All except nine, aged between 60 and 94, had known underlying health conditions.
The deaths were between November 3 and February 25.
There were 33 other deaths reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.
