The coronavirus is killing one Briton every two minutes – and Birmingham is the epicentre of the UK’s crisis, figures show.
The darkest day of the UK’s outbreak yesterday saw a further 786 deaths reported, bringing the total to 6,159.
However, the outbreak seems to be slowing, with the lowest number of new cases diagnosed yesterday.
Figures show the NHS trust with the most victims in England is University Hospitals Birmingham, followed by several trusts in London.
The hospital body has already recorded 263 deaths, 37 of which were included in yesterday’s record toll.
Birmingham has also consistently had the most coronavirus cases throughout the outbreak, in comparison to other local authorities.
Almost 1,400 of the UK’s total 55,242 cases have been in Birmingham, higher than any singular London borough. At the other end of the scale, Rutland has recorded just six cases.
Figures show the NHS trust with the most coronavirus victims in England is University Hospitals Birmingham, with 263 recorded fatalities
Birmingham has also consistently had the most coronavirus cases throughout the outbreak, in comparison to other local authorities. Almost 1,400 of the UK’s total 55,242 cases have been in Birmingham. Surrey and Hampshire are second and third
The sharp increase in deaths reported yesterday – up from 439 on Monday and 621 on Sunday – suggests the outbreak has not yet burned out.
It means a British person dies of the disease every two minutes, based on yesterday’s figures. The virus began spreading in the UK in February.
In comparison, heart attacks cause a death every three minutes in the UK, and stroke one every five minutes, according to charities.
The figures come as the UK Government face questions about how the escalating crisis will be managed in the absence of the Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson has been in intensive care at St Thomas’ Hospital since Monday night, admitted after concerns his coronavirus symptoms weren’t subsiding.
Downing Street say Mr Johnson is ‘stable and in good spirits’ and has not been on a ventilator, amid fears that would be the likely scenario.
The hospital is one of two run by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, which has so far reported 47 deaths.
It is a fraction of the 183 reported at London North West University Trust, which runs four hospitals and is the worst hit body in the capital.
But a Birmingham NHS trust has recorded the most, with 263 deaths from COVID-19 – the disease caused by the coronavirus.
UHB trust runs Good Hope Hospital, Heartlands Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Solihull Hospital.
King’s College Hospital Trust has recorded the third-highest number of deaths (163), followed by Royal Free London (151).
In fact, of the 20 trusts in England reporting the most COVID-19 deaths, seven of them are in the capital London.
Some 202 people in London were included in the daily death toll yesterday. Many of those may have died in the days prior because of a lag in recording.
The Midlands accounts for one fifth of all deaths in England – 1,196 deaths of 5,655. London is in front, with 1,706.
The capital is nearing almost 13,400 infections in total, which would explain why so many of London’s hospitals are counting high fatalities.
But when England is broken down into authorities, none of the 32 boroughs of London have as many cases as Birmingham.
The boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth and Croydon are the hardest-hit, with 710, 698 and 689 cases, respectively. In comparison, Birmingham has recorded 1,372.
New diagnoses in Surrey and Hampshire have climbed at speed over the course of the UK’s outbreak. Both authorities now have around 1,000 cases each.
At the lower end of the league, with 30 to 40 cases, is Kingston upon Hull, Hartlepool and Isle of Wight.
Rutland has had a light escape so far. There have been six cases recorded in the small English authority, after it remained virus-free for weeks.
The UK’s top scientist yesterday offered the public a glimmer of hope that the strict coronavirus shutdown is having an impact.
Sir Patrick Vallance said that the sharp fall in newly diagnosed cases, from a peak of 5,903 on Sunday, suggested the curve may finally be flattening.
But both the chief scientific adviser and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is standing in for the PM, were cautiously optimistic.
It will be another week before experts know for sure whether the battle is being won, and said it is vital now, more than ever, that everyone continues to follow rules on staying at home and social distancing.
Separate figures released show that almost five per cent of all deaths in England and Wales may have been as a result of coronavirus.
Of all deaths in the week up to March 27, 539 death certificates mentioned coronavirus, which is 4.8 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics.
That’s risen from one per cent of deaths the week before.
TRUST | DEATHS | TRUST | DEATHS |
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UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 263 | BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 23 |
LONDON NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST | 183 | ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 23 |
KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 163 | UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 23 |
ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 151 | NORTH WEST ANGLIA NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 22 |
BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST | 138 | BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST | 21 |
ST GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 120 | JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 21 |
CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES NHS TRUST | 118 | LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 21 |
THE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON NHS TRUST | 114 | ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 21 |
IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST | 112 | KETTERING GENERAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 20 |
SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 106 | DONCASTER AND BASSETLAW TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 20 |
EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 102 | SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST | 20 |
LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST | 100 | STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 20 |
THE DUDLEY GROUP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 95 | ASHFORD AND ST PETER’S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 20 |
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 94 | EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST | 20 |
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 86 | BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 19 |
NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST | 85 | COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 19 |
FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 82 | GREAT WESTERN HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 19 |
SOUTH TYNESIDE AND SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 81 | TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 19 |
PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 77 | THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, KING’S LYNN, NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 18 |
BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 74 | HULL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 17 |
CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 72 | WARRINGTON AND HALTON TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 17 |
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 71 | WRIGHTINGTON, WIGAN AND LEIGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 17 |
THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST | 69 | ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 17 |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 63 | UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PLYMOUTH NHS TRUST | 17 |
BASILDON AND THURROCK UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 61 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 16 |
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST | 61 | AIREDALE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 16 |
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST | 60 | NORTH TEES AND HARTLEPOOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 16 |
SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 60 | EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 16 |
SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST | 60 | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST | 16 |
SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 59 | WESTERN SUSSEX HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 15 |
THE HILLINGDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 58 | POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 15 |
SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 58 | ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 15 |
MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 54 | HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 14 |
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 53 | THE ROTHERHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 14 |
LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 53 | BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 14 |
NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 52 | SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 14 |
EAST SUFFOLK AND NORTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 51 | GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 13 |
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST | 51 | DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST | 13 |
PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 49 | THE ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH AND CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 13 |
GUY’S AND ST THOMAS’ NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 47 | NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE AND GOOLE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 12 |
HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 47 | EAST CHESHIRE NHS TRUST | 12 |
KINGSTON HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 47 | MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 11 |
NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 47 | WEST SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 10 |
LUTON AND DUNSTABLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 46 | DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 9 |
WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 46 | ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 7 |
GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 46 | WYE VALLEY NHS TRUST | 7 |
NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 44 | TAUNTON AND SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 6 |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 43 | ISLE OF WIGHT NHS TRUST | 5 |
EAST AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE NHS TRUST | 41 | OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 5 |
MID ESSEX HOSPITAL SERVICES NHS TRUST | 41 | SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 4 |
COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 41 | DORSET HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 4 |
HAMPSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 41 | WORCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST | 3 |
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 40 | WESTON AREA HEALTH NHS TRUST | 3 |
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST | 37 | YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 3 |
EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 37 | ROYAL PAPWORTH HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 |
CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 36 | CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 |
MILTON KEYNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 35 | EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 |
BOLTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 35 | HCA UK – The Princess Grace | 2 |
TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 33 | NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 |
SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 32 | Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability West Hill | 2 |
THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 31 | BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 |
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 30 | Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust | 2 |
NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 29 | TEES, ESK AND WEAR VALLEYS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 |
WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 29 | LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 |
SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST | 28 | THE CHRISTIE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 |
SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 28 | SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 |
UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 28 | SOMERSET PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 |
ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 28 | HERTFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY NHS TRUST | 1 |
SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 27 | OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 1 |
MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUST | 27 | ROYAL BROMPTON & HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 1 |
MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 26 | SOUTH WEST LONDON AND ST GEORGE’S MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST | 1 |
NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST | 26 | DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 1 |
NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL NHS TRUST | 25 | THE ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 1 |
YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 24 | THE ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 1 |
ST HELENS AND KNOWSLEY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST | 24 | THE WALTON CENTRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 1 |
WHITTINGTON HEALTH NHS TRUST | 23 | BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 1 |
CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 23 | KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 1 |
GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL NHS TRUST | 23 | GLOUCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AND CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 1 |
BARNSLEY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 23 |
AREA | CASES | AREA | CASES |
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Birmingham | 1,372 | Cheshire West and Chester | 227 |
Surrey | 1,017 | Rotherham | 223 |
Hampshire | 989 | Bradford | 222 |
Essex | 938 | Barking and Dagenham | 222 |
Hertfordshire | 933 | Barnsley | 216 |
Kent | 923 | Richmond upon Thames | 213 |
Lancashire | 923 | Leicester | 211 |
Sheffield | 883 | Bristol, City of | 211 |
Brent | 819 | Northumberland | 211 |
Cumbria | 804 | Cheshire East | 209 |
Barnet | 717 | Nottingham | 204 |
Southwark | 710 | Kirklees | 203 |
Lambeth | 698 | Kingston upon Thames | 199 |
Croydon | 689 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 198 |
Staffordshire | 597 | Wigan | 197 |
Wandsworth | 557 | Medway | 196 |
Liverpool | 552 | Luton | 195 |
Bromley | 547 | Gateshead | 188 |
Newham | 535 | Milton Keynes | 186 |
Ealing | 533 | Rochdale | 186 |
Lewisham | 516 | Bolton | 185 |
Derbyshire | 501 | North Tyneside | 183 |
Oxfordshire | 501 | Tameside | 182 |
Harrow | 500 | Southampton | 181 |
Northamptonshire | 473 | East Sussex | 181 |
Nottinghamshire | 469 | Wakefield | 177 |
Worcestershire | 419 | Middlesbrough | 169 |
Warwickshire | 400 | Knowsley | 169 |
Westminster | 398 | Slough | 167 |
Waltham Forest | 393 | Central Bedfordshire | 164 |
Walsall | 386 | Warrington | 162 |
Enfield | 370 | Shropshire | 157 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 367 | Wiltshire | 156 |
Hillingdon | 366 | Bury | 151 |
Hackney and City of London | 365 | Doncaster | 144 |
Gloucestershire | 364 | South Gloucestershire | 139 |
Sandwell | 363 | Southend-on-Sea | 136 |
Manchester | 361 | Wokingham | 129 |
Hounslow | 361 | Reading | 128 |
Tower Hamlets | 361 | Dorset | 126 |
Merton | 358 | Thurrock | 125 |
Norfolk | 341 | Stockton-on-Tees | 123 |
Leeds | 340 | Bedford | 120 |
Leicestershire | 339 | Stoke-on-Trent | 117 |
Greenwich | 337 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 116 |
Wolverhampton | 335 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 116 |
Buckinghamshire | 329 | Portsmouth | 115 |
Camden | 321 | Somerset | 114 |
Redbridge | 319 | Redcar and Cleveland | 112 |
Dudley | 309 | Halton | 107 |
Haringey | 308 | West Berkshire | 107 |
County Durham | 303 | Plymouth | 102 |
Sefton | 289 | South Tyneside | 101 |
Sutton | 287 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 97 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 286 | Calderdale | 94 |
Sunderland | 285 | Blackburn with Darwen | 86 |
North Yorkshire | 285 | Brighton and Hove | 86 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 278 | Blackpool | 85 |
Coventry | 277 | North Somerset | 82 |
Lincolnshire | 277 | Telford and Wrekin | 79 |
Bexley | 274 | Bracknell Forest | 79 |
Havering | 273 | York | 75 |
Stockport | 270 | Swindon | 75 |
Islington | 268 | Herefordshire, County of | 70 |
West Sussex | 266 | Bath and North East Somerset | 67 |
Derby | 263 | North Lincolnshire | 62 |
Suffolk | 263 | Peterborough | 62 |
Wirral | 262 | Torbay | 57 |
Salford | 259 | Darlington | 55 |
Solihull | 241 | North East Lincolnshire | 49 |
Trafford | 240 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 38 |
St. Helens | 239 | Hartlepool | 36 |
Cambridgeshire | 237 | Isle of Wight | 36 |
Devon | 236 | Rutland | 6 |
Oldham | 232 |