UK announces 759 more coronavirus deaths taking total fatality count to 18,100

The UK has declared 759 more hospital deaths from the coronavirus today, bringing Britain’s total number of victims to 18,094.

And Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the country is in the ‘peak’ of the virus outbreak and authorities are watching with bated breath for the statistics to fall.

He claimed capacity for testing and contact-tracing – tracking down people close to infected patients – is being ‘ramped up’ for the UK to start to move out of lockdown when the time is right.