BREAKING: Another 596 dead as UK's coronavirus death toll passes 16,000
It is important to note that all of these deaths occurred in hospitals across the UK. They do not take into account the people dying at home, in care facilities, hospices, or other locations outside of hospitals.
The latest figures were released after Michael Gove was forced to deny suggestions the Government has drawn up plans for a three-tiered relaxation of lockdown measures.The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster confirmed Boris Johnson had not attended five meetings of the key Government Cobra committee in the build-up to the coronavirus outbreak.
Mr Gove told BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show: ‘We have stressed that the reporting in today’s newspapers that schools will reopen on May 11, that is not true, we have not made that decision.’Education Secretary Gavin Williamson also denied a decision had been made to reopen schools.The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said ministers do not want to ‘take steps too early’ despite the rate of infection appearing ‘to be flattening’.
It followed an investigation in The Sunday Times in which a Whitehall source claimed the Government ‘missed the boat on testing and PPE’ and ‘just watched’ as the death toll mounted in Wuhan, China. The virus has now claimed the lives of more than 2 million people worldwide, including 15,464 in hospitals in the UK, according to latest figures.
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