The UK has reported an additional 468 Coronavirus Related Deaths in the 24 hour period from 9am on the 15th of May to 9am on the 16th of May, 2020.
As of 9am 16 May, there have been 2,489,563 tests, with 136,486 tests on 15 May.
1,742,028 people have been tested of which 240,161 tested positive.
As of 5pm on 15 May, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 34,466 have sadly died. pic.twitter.com/NUmxLoGRgx
— Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) May 16, 2020
The number of people who have sadly died after contracting Covid-19 remains the highest for any European Country – with a total of 34,466 Covid-19 related deaths. This contrasts with Italy and Spain, which have death tolls of 31,610 and 27,563 respectively.