Three Covid-19 patients die in South Yorkshire

A further three people who tested positive coronavirus have died in South Yorkshire, with 110 people losing their battle with the deadly disease across the UK, latest figures have shown.
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The Government said the patients had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Tuesday (March 16), bringing the UK total to 125,690.

Locally, a further two people died in Sheffield hospitals, while Barnsley recorded one fatality.

Three more people die of Covid-19 in South Yorkshire.Three more people die of Covid-19 in South Yorkshire.
Three more people die of Covid-19 in South Yorkshire.
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There are no deaths recorded in both Doncaster and Rotherham.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 148,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

The Government also said that, as of 9am on Tuesday, there had been a further 5,294 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.

It brings the total to 4,268,821.

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