LONDON: Britain on Friday reported a record 684 new COVID-19 deaths in its daily update, as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus climbed by 4,450 on the previous 24 hours.
“As of 9am (0800 GMT) 3 April, a total of 173,784 people have been tested of which 38,168 tested positive.
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“As of 5pm on 2 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 3,605 have sadly died,” the health ministry said in a statement.