No Covid-19 hospital deaths recorded in South Yorkshire for first time since pandemic began

NHS England’s daily update on the death toll for hospital patients who have died after testing positive for coronavirus revealed there have been no more deaths in South Yorkshire since yesterday’s figures were announced.

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The deaths toll in Sheffield remains at 288.

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There have been 228 deaths in Doncaster, 195 deaths in Rotherham and 148 in Barnsley.

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The deaths do not include those in care homes or any other setting.

Since yesterday, another 22 hospital patients have died in England, bringing the total to 29,013.The latest were aged between 52 and 99 years old and all had known underlying health conditions.

The World Health Organisation has warned the coronavirus pandemic has still not reached its peak - as lockdown measures are relaxed to make international travel easier.

The director general of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the virus is not under control ‘in most of the world’ and is in fact ‘getting worse'.

His stark message comes as quarantine rules for people returning to or visiting the UK from certain countries are relaxed from today.

The UK Government has published a list of 76 countries and territories from which people arriving into England will no longer need to self-isolate for 14 days.

Dr Ghebreyesus said the total number of cases of coronavirus worldwide has doubled in the last six weeks.

Speaking at the member state briefing on the Covid-19 pandemic evaluation, he said: “The virus has upended health systems in some of the world's wealthiest nations, while some countries that have mounted a successful response have been of modest means.

“We know that when countries take a comprehensive approach based on fundamental public health measures - such as find, isolate, test and treat cases, and trace and quarantine contacts - the outbreak can be brought under control.

“But in most of the world the virus is not under control. It is getting worse.

“More than 11.8 million cases of Covid-19 have now been reported to WHO. More than 544,000 lives have been lost.”