Coronavirus: Biggest daily rise in UK deaths – up by 87 to 422: 1,427 new cases totalling 6,650 #COVID19 #coronavirus #UK #pandemic #quarantine

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The UK has recorded the highest number of coronavirus deaths in one day after another 87 people died across the country – taking the total to 422.

The Department for Health and Social Care announced the latest figures on the first day of a nationwide lockdown to counter the coronavirus, announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson last night.

Eighty-three deaths came in England, with two in Scotland, one in Wales, and one in Northern Ireland – up from 55 deaths across the whole of the UK on Monday.

The number of confirmed cases in the UK now stands at 8,077, which is up 1,427 from 6,650 on Monday, and 90,436 people have now been tested for the disease.

Courtesy of Sky News

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