There are fears true figures could be higher when community deaths are taken into account. FMTNews Covid19 UK DeathToll
Medical workers bring a Covid-19 patient to St Thomas’ Hospital in Westminster, London last week.
The figure is more than the 616 reported the previous day and comes after the government claimed the virus had hit its peak and was trending downwards. A review of the restrictions is due on May 7 but the government is coming under pressure to reveal its plans for lifting the measures. Meanwhile, a new website to offer testing for up to 10 million key workers and their families was overwhelmed on Friday, the government said.
Hancock has set a target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of April, while contact tracing –abandoned as the outbreak took hold rapidly in the UK – will be restarted to give a more complete picture of the virus’ spread.Chief medical officer Chris Whitty told a parliamentary committee that stopping the contact tracing was the right decision because of limitations in resources.
Hancock said Johnson, 55, was “in very good shape” and was “clearly recovering” but the ultimate decision for him to return to Downing Street would depend on his medical team.
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