The number of people who have died from coronavirus in UK hospitals has risen by 115 in a single day to 578, as of 5pm on Thursday. It is the biggest daily rise in deaths across the country since the outbreak began.
As of 9am on Thursday, 11,658 out of 104,866 people who have been tested for the virus were confirmed as positive cases.
UPDATE on coronavirus (#COVID19) testing in the UK:
As of 9am 26 March, a total of 104,866 have been tested:
93,208 negative.
11,658 positive.As of 5pm on 25 March, of those hospitalised in the UK, 578 have sadly died. pic.twitter.com/lHKa29lab7
— Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) March 26, 2020
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