Coronavirus: total UK cases and deaths, real-time map, 1 April
Updates on the total number of registered Covid-19 cases, deaths and discharged patients, both in the United Kingdom and throughout the world.
Confirmed UK coronavirus cases
As of 01:00 BST (02:00 CEST) on Thursday 02 April), there had been 29,474 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, with 2,352 deaths in total. A total of 135 individuals have officially recovered from Covid-19 after contracting the disease.
Worldwide real-time coronavirus map
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Worldwide coronavirus cases
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide at the above time stood at 935,022. In total, 47,189 people have died from Covid-19, while 193,989 have recovered from the disease.
UK coronavirus news
Britain is aiming to increase the number of tests for coronavirus to 25,000 a day by the middle of the month from its present capacity of 12,750 a day, housing minister Robert Jenrick told Sky News on Wednesday.
Britain is beginning to test medical staff in additional to patients in hospital, but critics have said it is not expanding testing fast enough or wide enough.
Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick says the UK will be able to test up to 25,000 people per day for COVID-19 by the middle of April
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) April 1, 2020
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