Britain has announced another 616 coronavirus victims today, taking the total number of fatalities in the UK to 18,783.
Another 4,583 people have tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours, meaning 138,078 have now been officially diagnosed. The number of positive tests has remained stable this week and appears to be plateauing.
NHS England confirmed a further 514 people have died with COVID-19 and another 102 deaths were announced across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Today’s figure marks a fall of 37 per cent from the worst day in Britain’s statistics, April 10, when 980 people were confirmed to have died.
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