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CORONAVIRUS deaths in the UK have risen by 881 in 24 hours, bringing the grim total to almost 8,000.
Positive cases in the UK also reached 65,077, up from 60,733 infections yesterday.
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The Government confirmed today that a total of 7,978 have died in the UK from coronavirus after an additional 881 deaths were reported in 24 hours.
Among the victims announced today is a prominent doctor who warned Boris Johnson of the need for “urgent” PPE in the fight against the coronavirus.
Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, 53, died after fighting the insect for 15 days in hospital.
It is understood that he is the twentieth known NHS worker who dies of the disease while fighting it on the front line.
NHS England confirmed another 765 deaths today, bringing the total number of deaths in England to 7,248.
The latest victims were between 24 and 103 years old, including 43 with no underlying medical conditions.
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Today in Scotland, 81 more people have died, bringing their death toll to 447.
Wales has recorded 41 more deaths, for a total of 286.
In Northern Ireland, there were four new deaths, totaling 82.
Alternate Prime Minister Dominic Raab said in today’s briefing No. 10 that it was still “too early” to lift the blockade, warning that Britain has not yet reached the peak of the crisis.
He previously chaired a Cobra meeting to discuss when drastic measures should be relaxed.
Today’s death rate is lower than yesterday, when the UK saw its deadliest day thus far after 938 died of the disease.
But the death toll has increased and decreased since the three-week shutdown began three weeks ago, although part of this is due to registration problems with the Health Department.
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Advisers still insist that the peak of the virus outbreak could still be ten days away on April 18.
Before falling ill with the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to review the closure on Easter Monday, April 13, three weeks after it began on March 23.
The government will formally establish an extension early next week, after analyzing the three-week data.
But Downing Street is seriously concerned that people may defy advice and go out to enjoy the festive 24C (75F) sun.
Barbecues and sunbathing in parks and open spaces are prohibited, in addition to beach visits or sightseeing, as well as having friends around.
Brits are feared to ignore the rules after police were forced last weekend to dissolve parties and groups of people basking in the sun while the UK enjoyed a mini heat wave.
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Yesterday, the UK suffered the deadliest day thus far after 938 people died from the disease, totaling 9,097.
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The grim deaths are higher than Italy’s worst virus-ravaged day when 919 people died.
Italy has seen one of the worst outbreaks in the world with 17,127 deaths and 135,586 cases.
Separate figures released on Tuesday revealed that the coronavirus was responsible for one in 20 deaths in the UK.
Numbers from the Office of National Statistics show that 501 virus victims died in the hospital in the week to March 27, meaning 38 other people were killed by the disease while at home.
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Last week, the ONS revealed that there had been at least 40 deaths in the home as of March 20, so far 78 have died from the virus outside the hospital.
This week marks 100 days since the World Health Organization was first alerted to a mysterious illness in China when a handful of people became ill in Wuhan.
Since then, cases have skyrocketed to more than 1 million globally with a total number of deaths worldwide exceeding 80,000.
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