The number of people who have died in UK hospitals after contracting coronavirus is now 18,738.
04.04.2020 - 17:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The number of people who have died in hospital in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen by more than 700 in the past day.
A total of 41,903 people have now tested positive for the virus in the UK, and 4, 313 of those hospitalised have sadly died.
The number of deaths has risen by 708 from Friday's figure of 3,605, with the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus increasing by 3,735 from 38,168.
More than 180,000 Covid-19 tests have now been carried out in the UK.
The latest update
The number of people who have died in UK hospitals after contracting coronavirus is now 18,738.
More than 800 people with coronavirus have now died in Greater Manchester's hospitals.
The total number of deaths from coronavirus is 15% higher than previously reported, according to figures from the Official of National Statistics (ONS).
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