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UK COVID-19 daily death toll climbs by record 980: Health minister
LONDON, April 10, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on
Friday that Britain had recorded 980 deaths from coronavirus in the 24-hour
period since the last report, the highest daily toll yet.
It brings the total number of fatalities from COVID-19 in UK hospitals to
nearly 8,000, while the number of confirmed cases inside the country climbed
to more than 65,000.
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