Five people die of Covid-19 in South Yorkshire
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The Government said the patients had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday (March 17), bringing the UK total to 125,831.
Locally, a further four people died in Sheffield hospitals, while Doncaster recorded one fatality.
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There are no deaths recorded in both Barnsley and Rotherham for today.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 148,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
The Government also said that, as of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 5,758 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.
It brings the total to 4,274,579.