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- Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that starting from today, the government will include care home death figures in the daily coronavirus death tolls.
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- Until now, data was published weekly and a week out of date.
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- In the week ending April 17, the total number of deaths in England and Wales topped 22,000 - the highest since records began in 1993.
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- Yesterday’s figures released by NHS England show that the total number of deaths at the West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust is now 267.
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- Sir Elton John has told Watford FC he "couldn't be more proud" of the club for turning its stadium into a sanctuary for NHS staff at Watford General Hospital.
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