Coronavirus: UK records another 917 deaths

FILE PHOTO: Medical staff treating a critical patient infected by the coronavirus with an Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at the Red Cross hospital in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province.

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:17:51 WAT

Britain on Saturday announced another 917 deaths in hospital of people testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the country’s total death toll close to 10,000.

The number of new infections from the disease climbed by 5,234, leaving Britain with 78,991 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the health ministry said in its daily update.