The UK has suffered its highest daily death to coronavirus so far, meaning that yesterdays good news, have changed.
Todays Summary
Unfortunately, there are another 393 deaths after contracting coronavirus – taking the UK total to 1,808 this is a sharp increase from yesterdays 180.
Seven of these deaths are from Wales.
This increase has now brought the UK to a total of 25,150 confirmed cases of coronavirus.
NHS England reported that Luca di Nicola, a 19-year-old assistant chef from Italy, died in London after testing positive for the coronavirus, with no underlying health conditions he is among the further 367 deaths in England.
It is understood Luca was “very healthy”, and according to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, he was from Nereto in central Italy.
We Must Go Further Faster
Michael Gove said “we must go further faster “as he thanked and asked UK companies to help produce new ventilators.
Business from the likes of formula 1 are among the ones helping increase ventilators available to the NHS; it was confirmed that the UK government is also buying ventilators from EU distributors.
He said: “We have just over 8,000 ventilators deployed in NHS hospitals now. This number has increased since the epidemic began thanks to the hard work of NHS professionals, but we need more.”
Michael Gove emphasised that “green shoots” of better news does not mean restrictions can be eased.
It is vital people continue with social-distancing
Michael Gove
Gove insists there must be no premature “relaxation or slackening” of the social distancing and isolation measures currently in force.
He says the steps people are taking are crucial to the “united national effort” to limit the number of deaths. “They are making a difference, and we must not let up.”
Expected, The Rise Of Hospitalisation Cases
NHS England medical director said that there has been a “little bit of a plateau “, but that does not mean we are “out of the woods ”
Gove said that there are some signs that we might be able to flatten the spread of the covid19, but it is not time to relax social distancing rules, just after the NHS England medical director Dr Powis said that “the next week or two will be critical “
Professor Powis said that they expected the rise of hospitalisation cases at this stage of the epidemic.
However, he also said that if the number of people getting infected drops then so will reduce the amount of hospitalisation.
he added; the good news here is that that line is not going up very steeply, but we are not out of the woods. We need to keep our foot on the pedal.”
Apologies For The Optimism On PPE
Jenny Harries said that maybe in a year time the UK would be able to provide the real numbers of how many people were infected by the covid19
She had also apologised for her optimism on PPE on her previews conferences; Harries said that the distribution has been tricky and acknowledges the situation can be “quiet frightening “for NHS staff.
She also added that they are developing an electronic system to make it easier for care homes to access the PPE they need.
Today Key Points
- The steps taken with the lockdown like social distancing seemed to be working and helping the HNS, but at the same time, they emphasised that it is not time to ease on the social distancing rules.
- There will be a rise in people infected but if we keep doing so well with social distancing the NHS will be able to cope with the severe cases as planned.
- The government is still working on finding PPE equipment for our HNS staff and have thanks local business for stepping up and helping as well as purchasing from EU countries and making new orders from China.
