The peak of the United Kingdom's coronavirus outbreak will be slightly sooner than previously thought and will come in the next few weeks, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. "The modelling suggests that that peak will be slightly sooner than previous, in the next few weeks but it is very, very sensitive to how many people follow the social distancing guidelines," Mr Hancock told the BBC.
His comments come as the number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in the UK rose yesterday by 569 over the previous 24 hours, with the death toll now standing at 2,921.
The figures from the UK Department of Health represent a 24% rise in deaths in 24 hours. A total of 163,194 people had been tested of which 33,718 tested positive, the health ministry said.