The number of people who have died after contracting coronavirus passed 1,000 in the UK as the death tally shot up 34% in a day.
Covid-19-related deaths jumped from 759 to 1,019. The UK now has the seventh highest number of deaths in the world behind Italy, Spain, China, Iran, France and the USA.The increase of 260 is by far the biggest day-on-day rise in the number of deaths since the outbreak began.More than 120,000 coronavirus tests have taken place, with more than 17,000 positive results.The total number of deaths is 34% higher than the equivalent figure on Friday and the largest day-on-day percentage increase since March 18, when the total rose from 71 to 104 (46%).It took 13 days for the number of deaths in the UK to go from one to
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