UK coronavirus death toll jumps 113 in one day to 578
The figures were down from the previous day, which saw 87 people die in what was the UK's biggest death rate jump yet.as only hospital patients are now being routinely screened.
London remains the worst-hit area with around 3,000 cases - with around one in three positive tests coming in the English capital.Deputy chief medical officer, Dr Jenny Harries agreed that we could be through the worst of it in that time. She said: "If people have cut down their social interactions, we would start to see a change in the graph.
"The peak will be pushed forward but the height will be lower and we can manage NHS hospital care safely."The Volunteer Responders, who signed up at a rate of five per second, will be tasked with delivering vital medicines and shopping to 1.5million patients isolating from the killer virus.Researchers from King's College London, who launched the Covid Symptom Tracker, say ten per cent of the 650,000 people who signed up to the app in the first 24 hours showed signs of the virus.
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