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The death toll from coronavirus in the UK today reached 28,446, as 315 more people died in the UK in the past 24 hours, Michael Gove said today.
The grim jump in deaths means that the country remains one of the most affected by the deadly insect in the world, with 186,599 cases of the virus.
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Britain is about to become the hardest hit in Europe, with the number of coronavirus deaths affected by Italy currently at 28,884.
They recorded just 174 new deaths today, according to figures from the Civil Protection Agency, posting the lowest daily death toll since March 10.
UK figures released today by NHS England show that April 8 continues to have the highest number of hospital deaths in a single day, with a current total of 867.
According to the Department of Health, there have been five other confirmed deaths of patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, bringing the total number of deaths in the region to 381.
In Wales, another 14 people died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 983.
Another 174 people tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 10,329.
And in Scotland, a total of 1,571 patients died after testing positive for coronavirus, an increase of 12 from Saturday.
Gove revealed the figures for the entire UK in tonight’s # 10 briefing.
Experts believe Britain’s peak occurred in mid-April, and they expect the numbers to continue to drop overall.
The lower the number of new cases and deaths, the more effective a new tracking and tracing approach will be when it is implemented in the middle of next month.
It is being tested through a pilot study on the Isle of Wight next week, The Sun revealed last week.
In the coming weeks, the Government will ask everyone to download a new application, which will allow users to know if they have been in contact with someone who has tested positive.
Ministers are recruiting 18,000 trackers to track cases, as they prepare to lift the blockade measures in the coming weeks.
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Gove also released new test figures today, showing that there has been a big drop in the number of tests that have been performed in the past 24 hours.
Despite the fact that Matt Hancock broke his test target on Friday, reaching well beyond the 100,000 target, it has now dropped to around 76,000.
The cabinet minister blamed the weekend, where fewer people work, as part of the reason for the fall.
He said: “It is to be expected that over a weekend, with fewer people working, a decrease in the amount of testing being done.
“I don’t think it detracts from the surprising achievement of the NHS by increasing the amount of evidence available.”
Gove also emphasized that a localized approach to the blockade could be used in the future to aid in a new strategy to contain new outbreaks.
It may mean that the areas with fewer cases can lift the measures sooner, and if there is a new outbreak then only local locks will be required again.
He said: “A phased approach will allow us to progressively introduce measures and pause or reintroduce restrictions that may be necessary in local areas to deal with the disease.”
The cabinet minister admitted that there would have to be some form of blocking rules until Britain has access to a vaccine.
And he warned the country not to expect huge and sudden changes like turning on a light.
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THE BATTLE OF BOJO
The news comes after Boris Johnson revealed that doctors were prepared to announce his death while fighting the coronavirus.
The prime minister told The Sun on Sunday that they gave him “liters and liters of oxygen” to keep him alive.
He added: “It was a difficult time, I will not deny it. They had a strategy to deal with a” Stalin’s death “scenario.
“He was not in particularly bright shape and knew there were contingency plans in place.
“The doctors had all kinds of arrangements for what to do if things went wrong.
“They gave me a mask, so I got gallons and gallons of oxygen and for a long time I had that and a small nose.”
The harsh reality of his situation quickly hit his home when he was hooked up to monitors and transferred to intensive care.
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He said how “the bloody indicators were still going in the wrong direction” and realized that there was no cure for Covid-19.
During his life and death fight at St Thomas Hospital last month, Boris asked himself: “How am I going to get out of this?”
Boris is set to present his roadmap out of the running of the bulls in a speech later this week.
He will tell the nation how he hopes he can return to work, take children to school, and restart the economy.
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