118 people die of coronavirus in UK as PM announces re-opening of primary schools in a week’s time
The United Kingdom’s death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose by 118 to 36,793, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this afternoon.
According to the UK Government official website, as of 9am on 24 May, there have been 3,458,905 tests, with 110,401 tests on 23 May. 259,559 people have tested positive.
During the press conference announcing these figures, Johnson also announced that some primary school children will return to school next week as the government seeks to loosen lockdown measures imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday.
“So we said we would begin (with) early years reception, year one and year six … and today, I announce it is our intention to go ahead with that as planned, on June, 1,” Johnson told a news conference. .
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