Almost 1,000 people are reported to have died in UK hospitals of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
22.03.2020 - 20:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The number of people who have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus has hit 281.
The death toll has jumped by 48 in 24 hours.
There are now 5,683 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in the UK - up from 5,018 yesterday.
A statement from the Department of Health said: "As of 9am on 22 March 2020, 78,340 people have been tested in the UK, of which 72,657 were confirmed negative and 5,683 were confirmed positive.
"281 patients in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) have
Almost 1,000 people are reported to have died in UK hospitals of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
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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 hospital in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen by more than 900 in the past day.
Dominic Raab has paid tribute to "fighter" Boris Johnson as the UK's coronavirus death toll soared by 786 to 6,159.
The number of people who have died in hospital in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen by 439 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 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has risen to more than 8,000 and the death toll has passed 400.