Deadliest day so far for Covid figures

A NEW record has been set for the “deadliest day” of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK so far.

A total of 1,110 Covid-19 deaths took place on January 12, according to the latest Government figures.

This is the highest number of deaths to occur on a single day since the outbreak began. The previous record was 1,073 deaths on April 8 last year.

A record 1,820 further deaths within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 were reported as of yesterday, although there is a time lag between a patient dying and appearing in the statistics.

The figure of 1,110 is based on the Government’s preferred measure for counting Covid-19 deaths, which includes only people who died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus.

They show that since the start of 2021 there have now been five days – January 10 to January 14 inclusive – on which more than 1,000 people died. During the first wave of the virus, there was only one day – April 8 – when the daily death toll topped 1,000. These figures are different to the number of newly reported deaths that are announced each day.