11 new Swindon coronavirus cases reported in latest figures as UK tally tops 6,000

By Jamie Hill - 23 September 2020

Health

The latest report from NHS England has revealed that there has been no further deaths reported at Great Western Hospital from coronavirus in the last 24 hours. This comes after the first coronavirus death in 23 days was reported yesterday at the hospital. This means the coronavirus death toll at Great Western Hospital since the outbreak remains at 129. These figures are correct up to 4pm yesterday.

As of 4pm today there has been 11 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported in the last 24 hours in Swindon, meaning the total has risen to 1,360 confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak. In the last seven days there have been 30 new confirmed cases in Swindon. In Wiltshire there have been eight new cases in the past 24 hours, meaning the number of people who have tested positive in Wiltshire is 1,585. This means that in the last seven days there have been 53 new confirmed cases in Wiltshire. These figures are split by local authority. Please note that these new cases are the figures reported by Public Health England and do not take into account delays in the return of positive test results.

As of 9am on 23 September, 409,729 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK. This is a rise of 6,178 positive tests in the last 24 hours.

As of 5pm on 22 September, of those tested positive for coronavirus in the UK who died within 28 days of their test, 41,862 have died across all settings. This is an increase of 37.

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