Coronavirus deaths in the UK have surpassed the 30,000 mark.
Presently, The highest in Europe, in accordance with official data.
The country’s total deaths in line with the Office for National Statistics is 32,375.
The United Kingdom has recorded over 30,000 coronavirus deaths. Since the start of the worldwide pandemic, the highest official toll yet reported in Europe.
The UK Independent reports that the data revealed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed 29,710 COVID-19 deaths occurred in England and Wales as of Saturday, Might 2.
Consequently, the overall deaths together with these from Scotland and Northern Ireland now amount to 32,375. In response to the ONS report, of the 27,356 deaths registered up to 24 April.
71.8 per cent (19,643 deaths) occurred in hospital whereas 5,890 deaths occurred in care homes, 1,306 in personal homes and 301 in hospices.
Reacting to the event, the acting leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey stated:
“With the death toll in the UK now the highest in Europe, the prime minister and his government need to be straight with people. About why they were so slow to lockdown, slow to ramp up testing, and slow to support care homes.”
Davey described the figure as heartbreaking. Reiterating that there is the need for a public inquiry into the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis. “The British public will want to know whether the government could have done more and they deserve the answer to that question,” he said.
Italy, another European country, has 29,079 deaths from 211,938 coronavirus cases including 82,879 recoveries, according to Worldometer. Some 251,718 people around the world have now died from COVID-19, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The number of confirmed cases exceeds 3.5 million, while nearly 1.2 million people have recovered.
