The Great Western Hospital have recorded five deaths linked to the coronavirus in the latest figures released by the NHS this afternoon.
One of the deaths occurred at the hospital yesterday, one on Sunday and two Saturday with the fifth passing away last Thursday 2nd April.
The total daily figure for the UK stands at 854 with a total of 6,227 since the epidemic began.
The total is broken down with England recording 758 deaths, 74 in Scotland. Wales recorded 19 more and 3 more people in Northern Ireland.
These figures will be updated at 2pm each day and include confirmed cases reported at 5pm the previous day. Confirmation of COVID-19 diagnosis, death notification and reporting in central figures can take up to several days and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure. This means that the totals reported at 5pm on each day may not include all deaths that occurred on that day or on recent prior days.
These figures do not include deaths outside hospital, such as those in care homes. This approach makes it possible to compile deaths data on a daily basis using up to date figures.
