The Lockdown Chronicles 38: The Department of Health and Social Care

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Source: Department of Health and Social Care. “As of 9am 6 June, there have been 5,438,712 tests, with 218,187 tests on 5 June. 284,868 people have tested positive. As of 5pm on 5 June, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 40,465 have sadly died. More info at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public” Tweet. @DHSCgovuk 2:11 PM BST, June 6, 2020. Twitter Web App. Available from https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/1269255676020301824 [Accessed 6 June 2020].

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References and additional resources

Department of Health and Social Care. “As of 9am 6 June, there have been 5,438,712 tests, with 218,187 tests on 5 June. 284,868 people have tested positive. As of 5pm on 5 June, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 40,465 have sadly died.
More info at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public” Tweet. @DHSCgovuk 2:11 PM BST, June 6, 2020. Twitter Web App. Available from https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/1269255676020301824 [Accessed 6 June 2020].

Gov.uk. Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK, available at https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk [Accessed 6 June 2020]

Office for National Statistics, “Latest data and analysis on coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK and its effect on the economy and society.” Available at  https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases [Accessed 6 June 2020]

Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, available at https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/ [Accessed 6 June 2020]

Sandle, P., and Faulconbridge, G. Reuters. (28 March 2020) World News.
“UK coronavirus death toll under 20,000 would be ‘good result’, says health chief”. Available fromhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-under-20000-would-be-good-result-says-health-chief-idUSKBN21F0HV . [Accessed 6 June 2020]

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The Lockdown Chronicles is a series of periodical comic strips made at night (in candlelight!) adapting and reusing openly-licensed or public domain items from online digital collections. Publication and tweetage are scheduled in advance. Historical sources are adapted and updated for the current pandemic; please refer to each strip’s references on each post for further context.  Catch up with the series at https://epriego.blog/tag/the-lockdown-chronicles/.