Almost 1,000 people are reported to have died in UK hospitals of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
24.03.2020 - 20:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has risen to more than 8,000 and the death toll has passed 400.
There are now 8,077 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK - that number is up by 1,427 from 6,650 at the same time yesterday.
The death toll in the UK has increased from 335 to 422.
More than 90,000 people have now been tested in the UK.
Around 5,000 tests are currently carried out each day but the government says it is ramping up testing capacity to 25,000 a day.
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Almost 1,000 people are reported to have died in UK hospitals of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
The number of people who have sadly died in hospital in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen by 980 in the past day.
The number of people who have died in hospital in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen by more than 880 in the past day.
The number of people who have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus has jumped to more than 1,800.
Another 181 people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus – the biggest one-day jump since the outbreak began.
There have now been more than 550 deaths in the UK from coronavirus, the Department of Health has announced.
There have now been more than 450 number of deaths in the UK from coronavirus, the Department of Health has said.
The number of people who have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus has hit 281.
The UK coronavirus death toll has increased to 233 after 53 more people died in just 24 hours.
A total of 144 people have now died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK.