Sehari 621 Kematian di Inggris, Positif Covid-19 Tambah 5.903 jadi 47.806 Kasus
UK Coronavirus Deaths Rise by 621 in a Day to 4,934, Infections Leap by 5,903 to 47,806
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
LEMBAGA Kesehatan Publik Inggris melaporkan 555 tambahan kematian di Inggris, lembaga serupa di Wales melaporkan 12 kematian dan tujuh kematian di Irlandia atau total 621 kematian di seluruh Inggris dalam sehari.
Di Skotlandia, Menteri Utama Nicola Sturgeon mengatakan pihak berwenang di sana mencatat dua kematian tambahan di Skotlandia, naik ke 220 kematian, tetapi mengatakan jumlah itu didasarkan pada cara baru menghitung kematian dan 'kemungkinan secara artifisial rendah'.
Tingkat infeksi meningkat tajam hampir 60%, dari 5.903 menjadi 47.806 positif Covid-19, dikhawatirkan jumlah terjangkit Covid-19 akan terus meningkat.
Kementerian Kesehatan juga mengatakan pada Minggu pukul 9, total 195.524 orang telah menjalani uji kesehatan, meningkat dari 183.190 sehari sebelumnya - mendorong jumlah tes yang dilakukan setiap hari menjadi lebih dari 12.000 orang.
Muncul di tengah kekhawatiran jumlah besar pasien potensial Covid-19 menunggu hasil mereka bisa berarti jumlah terinfeksi jauh lebih tinggi daripada yang dilaporkan.
Apabila jumlah terjangkit meningkat setelah menjalani pemeriksaan kesehatan, tingkat infeksi akan tetap pada tingkat yang kira-kira sama, sementara penanganan medis kian kewalahan dan hanya mampu melakukan sejumlah tes tertentu per hari seperti dilansir MailOnline.
PUBLIC HEALTH England reported an extra 555 deaths in England, Public Health Wales recorded 12 in Wales and there have been 7 in Northern Ireland.
In Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said authorities there had recorded an additional two extra deaths in Scotland, up to 220, but said the number was based on a new way of counting deaths and is 'likely to be artificially low'.
The level of infections has risen sharply by almost 60 per cent, from 5,903 to 47,806, dashing hopes the rate of people getting the disease was starting to plateau.
The Department of Health also said that, as of 9am on Sunday, a total of 195,524 people have been tested, up from 183,190 the previous day - pushing the amount of tests done daily to more than 12,000.
It comes amid concerns a huge backlog of potential patients awaiting their results could mean infections are far higher than is being reported.
If the backlog for processing the tests is too great, the rate of infections will remain at roughly the same level, with the services already pushed to the brink and only able to carry out a certain number of tests per day.
