The UK's coronavirus death toll in hospitals has risen by 427, bringing the total to 23,363. The tragic figure was announced as England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty warned the country was "nowhere near the end of the pandemic".
There were 352 deaths in England and 18 in Northern Ireland. Scotland's death toll rose by 40 to 1,515, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced this afternoon, while Wales saw 17 new deaths.
The youngest English patient was 30, NHS England said. Yesterday the total number of hospital deaths stood at 22,861 following a rise of 482.
The death toll rose by 610 on Wednesday and 653 on Tuesday, and today's figure is less than half the single-day record - 953 - reported on April 10.