Number of coronavirus patients who have died in UK rises to 55

A third nurse has died after taking care of patients sick with coronavirus.

Six people died in the UK in February after contracting coronavirus, but the first death was not officially announced until March 5.

Treatment could be withdrawn from coronavirus patients and offered to those more likely to survive, which will cause "anger and pain", new guidance for doctors warned.

Engineers in Italy have transformed scuba diving masks into ventilators - and now the specialist masks could be arriving at UK hospitals to treat coronavirus patients.

The number of people who have died in hospital in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen by more than 550 in the past day.

in a video showing his thanks and appreciation for the NHS (National Health Service). On Thursday night, Charles joined people across the United Kingdom in expressing his gratitude, cheering doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has hit 3,229 and 144 coronavirus patients have now died in the UK.

By Tom Grater

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has increased by 676 from 1,950 to 2,626.

The number of patients diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK who have died now stands at 71.