National covid death toll passes 42,000 as Swindon reports just two new cases

By Barrie Hudson - 28 September 2020

Health

The latest report from NHS England has revealed that there have been no further deaths reported at Great Western Hospital from coronavirus in the last 24 hours. It has now been six days since the last death was reported 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 have been two new confirmed coronavirus cases reported in the last 24 hours in Swindon, meaning the total has risen to 1,383 confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak. In the last seven days there have been 41 new confirmed cases in Swindon. In Wiltshire there have been seven new cases in the past 24 hours, meaning the number of people who have tested positive in Wiltshire is 1,632. This means that in the last seven days there have been 65 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 28 September, 439,013 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK. This is a rise of 4,044 positive tests in the last 24 hours.

As of 5pm on 27 September, of those tested positive for coronavirus in the UK who died within 28 days of their test, 42,001 have died across all settings. This is an increase of 13.

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