Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 18,100 with 759 new fatalities
Daily MailThe UK has announced 759 more hospital deaths from the coronavirus today, taking Britain's total number of victims to 18,100. Meanwhile the National Records of Scotland revealed in a bombshell report today that the true scale of its coronavirus deaths is 79 per cent larger than government statistics show - a third of all people dying with the virus are dying in care homes. 'It is anticipated that the number of deaths in care homes relating to COVID-19 reported by providers between 11 April and 15 April could be double the number of care home deaths reported yesterday.' The Office for National Statistics, which releases data once per week and counts deaths that happen outside of hospitals, already outstrip NHS statistics by at least 41 per cent The estimate of 41,102 deaths by April 21 includes more than 10,000 taking place in care homes. Information from the National Records of Scotland today showed that the country's COVID-19 death toll surged by almost 80 per cent A third of all COVID-19 deaths in Scotland are happening in care homes, national records show Up to April 19, the records show, 1,616 people had died with COVID-19 in Scotland.