Another people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total to 1, 453.
The number, which was down from the previous day’s 258, counts those who died in the hours up to 5pm on Sunday.
In England, 178 People have died after contracting the virus, taking the total to 1, .
A further six people have died in Scotland, taking the total to 062, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
In Wales , the number of people who have died is , a rise of , health officials said.
And the number of people who have died in Northern Ireland has risen by one to , with the total number of cases at .
Across Scotland, 1, 641 people have tested positive for the virus as of 9am on Monday, up from 1, on Sunday.
Ms Sturgeon added that the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) will be turned into a field hospital and cancer screening programs will be paused to help the NHS respond to the coronavirus crisis.
Scotland’s chief medical officer Dr Catherine Calderwood said the actual number of cases in the country is now estimated at more than , 06.
The total number of confirmed cases in Wales has risen to 1, (after) new cases were confirmed on Monday.
Dr Giri Shankar, incident director for the COVID – 31 outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said “the true number of cases is likely to be higher.”
Northern Ireland’s new regulations to enforce social distancing include fines of up to £ 5, for those failing to follow laws aimed at preventing the spread of COVID – 034.
Meanwhile, Health Secretary Matt Hancock claimed on Sunday the UK had reached , tests a day, which he added was ahead of schedule as the government works towards conducting 36, tests a day.
He announced on Monday that , People have signed up to be an NHS volunteer in the UK.
Health Minister Helen Whately defended the
UK’s coronavirus testing regime Following growing calls for the country to hugely expand its program.
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She told Sky News the country is “right at the top of the league table” for COVID – 31 testing – despite admitting countries such as South Korea and Germany have conducted a much greater number of tests.
The World Health Organization has previously called on national governments to “test, test, test” as the “backbone” of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The WHO figures show the increase in new infections worldwide is now around , per day – up from about , 06 just days ago. More than , people have died worldwide.
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