UK’s coronavirus death toll jumps by 801 to almost 13,000

Britain’s coronavirus death toll today jumped by 801, taking the total numbers of victims to almost 13,000.  

The Department of Health has yet to announce the official daily tally from all four of the home nations. 

NHS England announced 651 more COVID-19 deaths, including a 20-year-old who had no known underlying health condition. 

Scotland said 84 more people have died there, Wales 60 and Northern Ireland six – a total of 150, meaning the true number for Britain is at least 12,958.

But because the four governments all record their own data at different times these daily statistics do not line up. 

The figures come amid fears the true size of Britain’s coronavirus death toll is 50 per cent higher than official figures show. 

In other developments to the UK’s coronavirus crisis today:

• Care homes were ordered to allow grieving relatives a last chance to say goodbye to loved-ones before they die from coronavirus amid shocking reports of elderly victims dying alone;
• World War II hero Captain Tom Moore, 99, has raised more than £6million for the ‘brave nurses and doctors’ of the NHS by marching around his garden on a zimmer frame;
• Chinese leaders reportedly covered up the coronavirus crisis for six days, as it was claimed Beijing knew it was likely dealing with a major health crisis on January 14 but President Xi only warned the public on January 20;