10,767 people have been admitted to hospital with coronavirus

The number of people hospitalised in the UK with coronavirus has passed 10,000.

Giving details at a press conference this evening, Michael Gove said that 10,767 people had been admitted to hospital overall.

In London, he said there were 3,915 people needing hospital care while in the Midlands there were 1,918.

Around a third of the hospital admissions are in London, as the capital is ahead of the rest of the country in terms of the epidemic.


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The most hospital admissions were in London (Picture: Downing Street)

Mr Gove said: ‘These numbers reinforce the vital importance of following the government’s social distancing guidelines.



‘The more we restrict contact, the more we slow the spread of the infection, the more we can help the NHS build the capacity needed to care for those most in need.’

Earlier today, the Department of Health confirmed that the number of people who have died after contracting coronavirus in the UK has reached 1,789.

The updated toll comes after 367 patients in England died, and Scotland recorded 13 more deaths. A further seven people were confirmed dead in Wales, while Northern Ireland recorded six more deaths today.

Michael Gove speaking at today’s press briefing (Picture: PA)

All the patients who died in England were all in hospital and their ages ranged from 19 to 98, and 28 patients had no pre-existing health conditions.

Today’s jump in deaths is the biggest daily increase since the outbreak began, following a rise of 180 deaths yesterday and 209 on Sunday.

The medical director of NHS England Professor Stephen Powis said there is evidence the public was heeding the message on the need to maintain social distancing.

He said there was a ‘bit of a plateau’ in the number of new cases of people testing positive for Covid-19.

‘It is really important not to read too much because it is really early days. We are not out of the woods, we are very much in the woods,’ he said told the No 10 press conference.

‘So green shoots but only green shoots and we must not be complacent and we must not take our foot off the pedal.’

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