Six more Covid deaths in 24 hours
There have been six more deaths across the UK of people who had tested positive for Covid-19 in the previous 28 days - none in Shropshire.
By Sue Austin
Published
The tragic figures bring the total of deaths to 200 in the past seven days a 56.2 per cent increase on the previous week.
There were 563 people admitted to hospital, 3,081 in the last week, a similar increase.
The figures are the for the latest 24 hour period released by the Government on July 12.
In the same period statistics show that 34,471 people tested positive in 24 hours bringing the total over the week to 228,189, a 28.1 per cent increase.
The government says that 45,923,721 adults have now had their first vaccine and 34,872,131 their second - 87.2 per cent and 66.2 per cent of the population.
