because of all the tubes. you say your goodbyes and then you have to walk away from them. the uk has reported 150,000 deaths before any country in the eu. there is hope, though, that this pandemic will never again bring suffering on such a scale. catherine burns, bbc news. let s take a closer look at the latest official government figures there were 146,390 new coronavirus infections, recorded in the latest 24 hour period. on average there were 175,327 new cases reported per day in the last week. there were 18,451; people in hospital being treated for coronavirus as of thursday. 313 deaths were reported in the latest 2a hour period, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test.