UK death toll increases further as Cabinet mulls lockdown extension

The UK daily tally provides yet again for some grim reading with 887 persons succumbing to the novel coronavirus. This has taken up Britain’s total to 7,862. The National Health Service announced that 765 of these deaths happened in England. More then 65,000 persons are now infected around the country.

Meanwhile, Ministers were expected to announce a decision related to extending the lockdown shortly. When the original restrictions were imposed, Government had indicated that a review would take place by Easter Monday.

Health authorities were hoping for a strong message by the political class for people to stay at home as good weather is expected on most of the United Kingdom over Easter weekend.

Government’s decision is under intense scrutiny after a survey published earlier today by Ipsos Mori on behalf of King’s College London found that two-thirds of the public thought that the government was too slow to act to control the spread of the virus.

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