The UK death toll of those diagnosed with coronavirus has risen by 621 to 4,934, slightly down from yesterday. The Department of Health and Social care that as of 5pm on 4 April 2020, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 4,934 have died.
As of 9am on 5 April 2020, 195,524 people have been tested, of which 47,806 were confirmed positive. Today's figures from the Department of Health show the number of new people tested daily in the UK for coronavirus is back above 10,000.
A total of 12,334 new people were reported as being tested in the 24 hours to 9am April 5. The total number of people in the UK tested since the outbreak began - 195,524 - is the equivalent of around 293 people in every 100,000, or 0.3% of