CoronaVirus: UK hospital deaths pass 20,000

More than 20,000 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 in British hospitals, authorities announced on Saturday (April 25).

Britain's Department of Health and Social Care said that a further 813 people had succumbed to the disease over the previous day, bringing the total death toll to 20,319.

The UK is only the fifth country to pass that macabre threshold after the US, Italy, Spain, and France but the real death toll is likely to be much higher as UK authorities only report deaths observed in hospitals.

Several countries including France and Belgium include suspected COVID-19 deaths from nursing homes.

As of 9am 25 April, 640,792 tests have concluded, with 28,760 tests on 24 April.

517,836 people have been tested of which 148,377 tested positive.

As of 5pm on 24 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 20,319 have sadly died. pic.twitter.com/5HLhOFWdlu

— Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) April 25, 2020