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Abigail O'Leary

UK coronavirus hospital death toll up by 9 - half the daily rise of a week ago

The UK's coronavirus hospital death toll has risen by nine taking the total to 34,085.

Eight deaths occurred in England and one in Northern Ireland, while Scotland and Wales recorded no deaths.

Last Friday's overall hospital deaths was recorded as 17.

Yesterday 13 fatalities recorded in hospitals were in England, with none in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

The latest total number of daily deaths recorded in all settings was 18 - bringing the overall total to 41,347.

However, Public Health England said it would not be able release yesterday's new lab-confirmed cases due to "technical difficulties".

Full numbers from the Department of Health are due later, and come after 5,000 deaths were wiped from the UK's official toll on Wednesday following a government review.

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The move was done to bring England's data in line with the other home nations, who record only deaths that come within 28 days of a patient testing positive.

Four of the latest hospital deaths in England were in the East, three in the North West and one in the Midlands, and all patients were aged over 60.

Data released earlier today suggested that the recent uptick in positive cases is levelling off, with around 28,000 people in England at home having coronavirus, amounting to about 3,800 new infections a day.

Yesterday six new hotspots were identified in the UK where infection rates are highest - and suggested that more than 24,000 people are currently ill with symptomatic coronavirus.

Figures from the COVID Symptom Study app suggest Halton in Cheshire is now the worst-affected place - overtaking Blackburn as the number one hotspot.

The latest total number of deaths recorded in all settings is 41,347 (Getty Images)

After analysing data, experts believe that Dumfries and Galloway, Thurrock, St Helens, Middlesbrough, Blackpool and Lancashire have emerged as areas of concern.

All six have been added to the app's watchlist, which also includes Tameside, Halton, Bolton and Blackburn with Darwen.

In Halton, one in 300 people are thought to have symptomatic coronavirus.

More than three million people may have already had Covid-19 in England alone, scientists believe - far higher than previous estimates.

A new study by Imperial College London saw 100,000 volunteers tested for antibodies - and found 6% had been infected with the virus.

This means that 3.4 million people could have had coronavirus by July 13, experts concluded.

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