The number of people who have died due to coronavirus in the UK has risen sharply to 759 today.
10.03.2020 - 18:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The total number of coronavirus cases in the UK has increased by 54 to 373 since Monday.
It comes after the death of a sixth patient with coronavirus was confirmed by the NHS.
The latest update from the Department for Health and Social Care says over 26,000 people have now been tested for the virus.
It reads: "As of 9am on 10 March 2020, 26,261 people have been tested in the UK, of which 25,888 were confirmed negative and 373 were confirmed as positive. Six patients who tested positive for
The number of people who have died due to coronavirus in the UK has risen sharply to 759 today.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has risen to more than 8,000 and the death toll has passed 400.
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The number of people who have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus has reached 233 today.
Seven people have now died due to coronavirus in Scotland - while a further 51 patients have tested positive for the deadly bug.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has increased by 676 from 1,950 to 2,626.
A further 14 people in the UK have died after testing positive for coronavirus over the past 24 hours - bringing the total deaths to 69.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has increased by 407 to 1,950 in the last 24 hours - the largest increase in a single day.
The number of coronavirus patients who have died in the UK has risen by 20 in the last 24 hours.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has increased by 171 in the last 24 hours - to 1,543
The total number of coronavirus cases in the UK has risen to 798 in the last 24 hours.
NHS Lothian has confirmed the number of people diagnosed with the potentially deadly coronavirus in the area has risen to 11 – the highest of any area in Scotland.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the UK has risen to 590 in the last 24 hours.
The Secretary of State for Health Matt Hancock has said the peak for UK coronavirus cases is unlikely to be reached in the next fortnight with the number of cases likely to increase for months.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK has risen by 46 - bringing the total to 319.
Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed the number of Coronavirus cases in Scotland has increased to 23.
There were four more confirmed cases of coronavirus in Greater Manchester today.