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The number of deaths among Covid-19 patients in UK hospitals has risen past 22,000.

A further 445 deaths were reported by NHS England, taking the total to 19,740.

A total of 73 new deaths in Wales brought the total there to 886. The toll in Scotland rose to 1,415 after 83 new deaths were announced.

The 601 new deaths brings the total across those three NHS bodies to 22,041.

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