UK not out of coronavirus woods yet, death toll high again

The coronavirus death toll in the UK went higher again on Thursday with 861 more deaths announced.

This took the tally to 13,729, about one-tenth of the global total of 136,990 as at 1500 GMT.

However, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel for the country.

The number of new infections has remained stable with just 4,618 people diagnosed in the past 24 hours, despite a spike in testing.

NHS England confirmed 740 people died in its hospitals.

They were aged between 28 and 103.

Forty of them had no other health conditions before catching the virus.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland announced a combined 121 more deaths.

The death toll is the highest in five days, since Saturday last week, but the rise was not unexpected.–Daily Mail