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Another 717 coronavirus patients die in UK hospitals
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Another 717 coronavirus patients die in UK hospitals

    Another 717 coronavirus patients have died in UK hospitals, taking the nationwide total to 11,329. It is the lowest increase recorded over the Bank Holiday weekend, after 980 on Friday, which surpassed the worst confirmed daily totals in Italy and Spain, 917 on Saturday and 737 on Sunday. The number of people who have been tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, rose to 290,720 following another 15,506 tests on Monday - with 88,821 having now tested positive in the UK. The figures were announced by the Department of Health. Updates were provided earlier by authorities in each home nation. NHS England announced another 667 coronavirus patients had died in hospitals in England, taking the total in the country to 10,261. Of those latest deaths, 118 o...