UK coronavirus toll rises by 739 as stats show disadvantaged are worst hit COVID19
Britain's overall death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 739 to 27,510 on Friday, as new data indicated that people in disadvantaged areas were worse hit.
The 100,000 target had looked out of reach at the beginning of the week, when only 43,000 people were being tested per day despite a capacity for 73,000. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that Britain was "past the peak" of the outbreak, and that wider testing would be key to keeping transmission rates down.
"We're... trying to understand the impact of the virus as much as we possible can as and when we get new evidence."
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