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Coronavirus in the UK: Latest numbers show significant jump in cases and deaths

There were 1,427 new cases reported in the last 24 hours and 87 more deaths - a rise of 26 per cent.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
March 25, 2020
in News

There was a record jump in coronavirus cases and deaths in the UK as the government comes under pressure to do more to tackle the spread of the disease.

At the beginning of day 55 of the virus being officially present in the UK, 8,077 people have been confirmed as testing positive, up 1,427 on the equivalent figure 24 hours earlier.

That is the biggest day-on-day increase in the volume of cases since the outbreak began. It also a day-on-day rise of 21 per cent.

Some 90,436 people in the UK have now been tested for coronavirus, of whom 8.9 per cent have been found positive.

As of 9am on March 24, 422 coronavirus-related deaths had been recorded in the UK.

This was a jump of 87 on the equivalent figure 24 hours earlier, and is the largest day-on-day increase in the number of deaths since the outbreak began.

It is also a rise of 26 per cent, which is not the biggest percentage day-on-day increase so far but is higher than the 19 per cent increase seen in the previous 24 hours.

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The UK’s first coronavirus-related death was recorded on March 5.

It took another 13 days for the number of deaths to pass 100 (on March 18), then three more days to pass 200 (on March 21). It has taken a further three days for the total to pass 400.

Just over a third (37 per cent) of UK deaths have been recorded by NHS Trusts based in London.

A further 14 per cent have been in south-east England, 11 per cent in the West Midlands and another 11 per cent in north-west England.

The highest volume of reported cases in England has been in Hampshire (207), followed by Lambeth (188), Birmingham (187) and Southwark (181). In Scotland, Greater Glasgow & Clyde has the highest volume of cases (183), followed by Lanarkshire (75) and Lothian (70).

In Wales, the highest volume of cases has been recorded in the area covered by the Aneurin Bevan health board (248), followed by Cardiff & Vale (96) and Swansea Bay (49). Northern Ireland does not currently publish figures broken down by local area.

Related: Air pollution falls as UK goes into coronavirus lockdown

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