UK becomes fifth country to record 20,000 hospital deaths from coronavirus, excluding deaths from nursing homes
A sign held up outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign demands more funding for the NHS, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Britain, April 23, 2020.
Britain is the fourth European country after Italy, Spain and France to reach over 20,000 deaths. The United States has recorded more than 50,000 coronavirus fatalities. Still, some businesses are planning to reopen after implementing social distancing measures. Several automakers say they will restart production in May.
Britain was slower than European peers to impose a lockdown and is struggling to raise its testing capacity.
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