Britain's coronavirus death toll rocketed by 260 to 1,019 today as the UK suffered its worst day yet and saw a huge spike in victims. 

Across the country a total of 120,776 coronavirus tests have taken place, and a whopping 17,089 have come back positive for Covid-19. 

Panic has gripped the nation as it was revealed that today's total number of deaths is 34 per cent higher than yesterday's and today has seen the largest daily increase since March 18, when the total shot up from 71 to 104. 

However, there has been a slight improvement in the daily rate of new cases. A further 2,510 patients were diagnosed with the virus today, a drop of 411 from the 2,921 new patients diagnosed yesterday. 

It is unclear whether this drop in new cases is as a result of social distancing measures or because less people are being tested for the virus. 

The deadly virus is continuing to spread across the country at an exponential rate - it took just 13 days for the number of deaths to go from one to more than 100. 

And it has only taken a further 10 days for the total to go from 100 to more than 1,000. 






Britain's coronavirus death toll rocketed by 260 to 1,019 today as the UK suffers its worst day yet and sees a huge spike in victims. It is the biggest daily increase the UK has seen, the Department of Health and 골드 박스 Social Care said today. A total of 120,776 coronavirus tests have taken place, and 17,089 have come back positive







The news comes as Governmental advisers warn that even stricter social distancing measures could be under way if the staggering increase in figures doesn't stop







A nurse is seen swabbing the driver of a car at a drive through coronavirus testing station at Chessington World Of Adventures Resort







A medic can be seen attending to the occupants of a car at a coronavirus drive-through testing station in Chessington


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NHS workers began being tested for coronavirus at a temporary drive through testing station in the car park of Chessington World of Adventures in Chessington

Photos revealed the inside of the ExCel centre in London which is being made into a temporary hospital with two wards, each for 2,000 people, to help tackle the coronavirus response

The British Red Cross said evictions of asylum seekers from Government accommodation are to be halted amid fears about the disease

Police urged motorcyclists to stay out of the countryside and told them they cannot claim it is part of their permitted daily exercise under lockdown rules

Police chiefs want Britons to snitch on any neighbours they suspect of breaching the coronavirus lockdown 

Humberside, West Midlands, Greater Manchester, and Avon and Somerset have created a mixture of 'hotlines' and 'online portals' where people can submit tip-offs if lockdown infractions occur

Images from inside ExCeL Centre show construction work to transform the exhibition centre into a  hospital

Andy Burnham has said that hundreds of firms in Manchester have remained open 'without good reason'

Workers who have not taken a holiday because of the crisis will be able to carry it over into the next two years

NHS staff to be tested for coronavirus from next week at places including Chessington World of Adventures

The coronavirus social distancing limit is four times too short, Massachusetts Institute of Technology warned 

National director of the NHS, Stephen Powis, today announced at Number 10's daily briefing that Boris Johnson is continuing to self-isolate as he is still showing symptoms but he was able to hold a meeting earlier today

Powis also announced that keeping Covid-19 deaths  in the UK below 20,000 would be a 'good result' 

He then revealed that 170million masks, 25million gloves and 30million aprons have been delivered to medical staff fighting virus across the country 






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Britain's coronavirus death toll rocketed by 260 to 1,019 today as the UK suffered its worst day yet and saw a huge spike in victims









Ambulance staff and health workers outside the ExCel Center in London. The NHS is anticipating a Coronavirus 'tsunami' as the peak of infarction rates near


Overall, the number of confirmed cases in the UK is 17,089. But just one week ago, the total paled in comparison at 5,018.  

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is already having to lead the response to the pandemic from Downing Street after he was diagnosed with the disease.

He has been accused of failing to follow his own social distancing rules after Health Secretary Matt Hancock tested positive and England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty began self-isolating with symptoms. 

The news comes as Governmental advisers warn that even stricter social distancing measures could be under way if the staggering increase in figures doesn't stop. 






A police officer talks to a cyclist at Regents Park in London, during a lockdown over the spread of coronavirus 







People walk and run to take their daily exercise allowance in Battersea Park in London today, as life in Britain continues during the nationwide lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic














A statement from NHS England said: 'Patients were aged between 33 and 100 years old and all but 13 (aged between 63 and 99 years old) had underlying health conditions.' 

The latest figures come after Scottish Secretary Alister Jack revealed he had developed mild symptoms of coronavirus and was self-isolating. 

Government advisers said stricter social distancing policies may have to be rolled out next month if the grim figures continued to rise. The measures would be introduced in three weeks as the outbreak reached its peak to further reduce 'person-to-person interaction'.  

This week France announced that individuals could only exercise alone - unless with children - for a maximum of an hour and within 1,000 yards of their homes. Spain and Italy have banned exercise altogether, and there are concerns that Britons are deliberately misinterpreting the guidance by travelling to beauty spots miles from their homes. 






A paramedic sets up medical equipment outside the Excel Centre, London while it is being prepared to become the NHS Nightingale Hospital







People walk to get their daily exercise allowance in Battersea Park in London today

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