United Kingdom: 968 people die from coronavirus in the past 24 hours

968 more people have died from coronavirus pandemic in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll from the virus to 21,678, the United Kingdom’s the Department of Health and Social Care said in a statement on Tuesday.
28.04.2020 21:10:26 / English News

So far, 719,190 tests for coronavirus have been conducted in the country. Of those, 157,149 cases have been confirmed with coronavirus until now.

Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) spread to the United Kingdom in January. Transmission within the UK was confirmed in February, leading to an epidemic with a rapid increase in cases in March.

The U.K. closed all schools except for children of key workers and vulnerable children. And all restaurants, pubs, clubs and indoor sport and leisure facilities were ordered to close, though delivery and take-out chains were allowed to remain open. (ILKHA)