UK coronavirus live: excess deaths reached almost 55,000 in early May, says ONS
Overall deaths in England and Wales in week up to 8 May were down for the third week in a row, at 12,657
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In her opening statement at the press conference Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, also said that the Scottish government was spending an extra £33m on measures to get people back to work. Most of the money would go to Fair Start Scotland and would be used to support young people, disabled people and lone parents, she said.
Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, has just started giving her daily briefing.
She says a further 29 coronavirus deaths have been registered in Scotland, taking the total to 2,134.
NS: “As at 9 o’clock this morning, there have been 14,655 positive cases confirmed – an increase of 61 from yesterday.”
NS: “A total of 1,447 patients are in hospital with Covid-19 – 969 who have been confirmed as having Covid, and 478 who are suspected of having Covid. That represents a total increase of 20 from yesterday, but within that a decrease of 36 in the number of confirmed cases.”
NS: “A total of 59 people last night were in intensive care with confirmed or suspected Covid 19. That is a decrease of 4 since yesterday.”
NS: “I am also able to confirm today that since 5 March, a total of 3,408 patients who had tested positive for the virus have been able to leave hospital. I wish all of them well.”
NS: “Unfortunately I also have to report that in the last 24 hours, 29 deaths have been registered of patients who had been confirmed through a test as having Covid-19 – that takes the total number of deaths in Scotland, under that measurement, to 2,134.”
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