March 28, 2020

The United Kingdom records 260 deaths in 24 hours from Covid-19

By Newsroom

The UK has recorded 1,019 deaths since the coronavirus outbreak began. At least 260 of the deaths from coronavirus in the UK were recorded in the past 24 hours, latest government figures show.

Scotland has reported seven new deaths, there has been a further four in Wales, and two more people have died as a result of coronavirus in Northern Ireland.

Meanwhile in Spain the coronavirus death toll rose by 832 cases overnight to 5,690. It marked a new high in the daily rise in fatalities in Spain.

In Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus pandemic began has partially re-opened after two months of isolation and South Korea says for the first time it has more people who have recovered than are infected.

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