This brings the UK's officially recorded death toll to 52,147 in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the community. The daily death toll of 462 was the most fatalities on a Saturday since 587 on May 2. Earlier today, the UK's death toll in hospital settings only rose by 212 in a slight increase from "hopeful" weekend figures. England recorded 190 new deaths in hospitals, Wales recorded two, Scotland reported six deaths and Northern Ireland recorded 14. The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK's hospitals on Sunday was up by 157 suggesting the rate of fatalities may be flattening.

Source: Daily Mirror November 16, 2020 18:46 UTC