Apr 15 update: GWH reports no covid deaths for fifth consecutive day

By Barrie Hudson - 15 April 2021

Health

The latest report from NHS England has revealed that no deaths from covid have been reported at Great Western Hospital in the last 24 hours. It is five days since the last such death was reported. This means the coronavirus death toll at Great Western Hospital since the start of the outbreak remains at 320. These figures are correct up to 4pm yesterday.

According to the data released following a change to how the data was managed on Friday, as of 4pm today there have been 8 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported in the last 24 hours in Swindon, meaning the total has risen to 11,340 confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak. In the last seven days there have been 37 new confirmed cases in Swindon. In Wiltshire there have been 12 new cases in the past 24 hours, meaning the number of people who have tested positive in Wiltshire is 17,104. This means that in the last seven days there have been 61 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 15 April, 4,380,976 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK. This is a rise of 2,672 positive tests in the last 24 hours.

As of 5pm on 14 April, of those tested positive for coronavirus in the UK who died within 28 days of their test, 127,191 have died across all settings. This is an increase of 30.

To find out how Swindon Link puts its daily figures together press here.

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