4,419 new deaths in the uk today?

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https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

ouch! is that a catch-up in the count or are those really all in one day?


eta: answered my own question:

4076 new cases and 4419 new deaths in the United Kingdom "Public Health England (PHE) has developed a new method of reporting daily COVID-19 deaths, to give a more complete number of those who have died from the virus. For the first time from today, Wednesday 29 April 2020, the government’s daily figure will include deaths that have occurred in all settings where there has been a positive COVID-19 test, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales already report out-of-hospital deaths. Today’s figures have been revised retrospectively by PHE since the first death on 2 March 2020 to include additional data sources. This will bring the total number of deaths in the UK to 26,097 from 2 March until 28 April, including 765 deaths reported in the 24 hours to 5 pm on 28 April [...]" [source] [source]

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Sounds Like Catch Up

I heard it on CNN a couple hours ago.
Postmortem confirmations, deaths uncounted because they didn't die in hospital, etc.
I was only half listening.

[BigmanPigman]

3. I read that about an hour ago

and said, "Oh Shit!" but then I continued reading about why these new deaths were being reported now. The same thing happened with the US numbers on April 15th. They had to count all the past "maybe" cases. Some states followed these CDC guidelines while others still haven't (like FL).

[Mariana]

4. They had only been reporting people who died in hospital.

I think this is because they added the people who died in the care homes. I don't know if they've included people who died in their own homes, yet.

[IcyPeas]

5. and yet last I heard masks are not mandatory anywhere.