Coronavirus: Number of COVID-19 infections in UK tops 5,000 as 233 die #COVID19 #coronavirus #UK #pandemic #quarantine #emergency

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More than 5,000 people in the UK have now been infected with coronavirus.

It comes as the number of COVID-19-related deaths has risen to 233 after 53 more fatalities were announced in England.

NHS England said the patients who died were aged between 41 and 94 and all had underlying health conditions.

Wales’s number of dead has risen to five, Scotland’s now stands at seven and Northern Ireland’s remains at one.

There has been a rise in the number of confirmed cases by 1,035 in a day to 5,018.

The latest figures come after Boris Johnson ordered the shutdown of cafes, pubs, restaurants and gyms as efforts were ramped to halt the spread of coronavirus.

It coincided with a warning by the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that young people are “not invincible” and can still be killed by the infection or be confined to hospital “for weeks”.

Courtesy of Sky News

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