Four patients in Wales who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the country's total to 16, Public Health Wales said.
So far 78,340 people have been tested in the UK, of which 72,657 were confirmed negative and 5,683 were confirmed positive.
289 patients in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus have died as four more have died in Scotland today.
In a statement yesterday, the NHS said all of the 37 people who died in England, aged between 18 and 102, were in vulnerable groups.
Mr Hancock said it was a "really big ask and really difficult" but are for "people's own protection" - adding people in those categories should “take themselves away from all social contact from Monday onwards”.
The 1.4 million people contacted will be those with particular underlying health conditions, who are most vulnerable to getting complications from Covid-19.
These people include:
- People with cancer who are undergoing active chemotherapy or radiotherapy
- People with cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukaemia who are at any stage of treatment
- People with severe chest conditions such as cystic fibrosis or severe asthma (requiring hospital admissions or courses of steroid tablets)
- People with severe diseases of body systems, such as severe kidney disease (dialysis)
An estimated 1.4million people who are most 'at risk' from severe coronavirus are being sent a text message or letter advising them to stop all social contact.
In the USA a 12-year-old with no pre-existing medical conditions is fighting for life on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus.
The girl, who has been named only as Emma, was diagnosed with pneumonia on March 15 and tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday night.
She is currently in a stable condition in isolation at Children’s Healthcare of Atalanta-Scottish Rite Hospital in the US.
