The number of people who have died in hospital in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen by more than 900 in the past day.
A total of 60,733 people have now tested positive for the virus in the UK, and 7,097 of those hospitalised have sadly died. This makes the latest figures the biggest day-on-day increase since the outbreak began.
The number of deaths has risen by 938 from Tuesday's figure of 6,159, with the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus increasing by 5,491 from 55,242.
The latest update from the Department of Health reads: "As of 9am 8 April, 282,074 tests have concluded, with 14,682 tests on 7 April. "232,708 people have been tested of which 60,733 tested positive. "As of 5pm on 7 April, of those hospitalised in