The number of people to die in the UK in the last 24 hours, following a positive coronavirus test, is 87 bringing the total to 422.
As of 9am on March 24, 2020, 90,436 people have been tested in th UK, of which 82,359 were confirmed negative and 8,077 were confirmed positive.
In the latest figures published by the Department of Health on Tuesday afternoon (March 24), the body said there had been a total of 8,077 positive tests for COVID-19 in the UK as of 9am on Tuesday, up from 6,650 at the same time on Monday.
That means that 1,427 people have tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours,
Public Health England has also confirmed that the number of deaths in the UK also rose in the last 24 hours from 335 to 422.
It means that a further 87 people have died in the UK in the last 24 hours. The number of deaths recorded yesterday (Monday) was 54.
Patients were aged between 33 and 103 years old and all were in vulnerable groups including those with underlying conditions.
According to NHS England, 21 of the deaths were reported at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust in Harrow.
A further seven died at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, while four died at each of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Today’s rise in coronavirus-related deaths from 335 to 422 is a jump of 87 and is the largest day-on-day increase in the number of deaths since the outbreak began.
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In Bristol, the number of people infected with coronavirus rose from 23 to 28 on Monday - while there were also increases in South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset.
South Gloucestershire now has 19 cases of COVID-19, up from 17 on Monday. In Bath and North East Somerset there are now 16 cases, up from 13 yesterday, and in North Somerset the number if cases has risen by two bringing their total cases to seven.
Without a widespread testing regime, only those seriously ill with the severest symptoms of COVID-19 are generally being tested when they are admitted to hospital, so the number of unconfirmed cases is estimated by the authorities to be many times higher.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced strict new measures during a televised address to the nation last night, in an attempt to quell the spread of coronavirus.
In the announcement he ordered people to only leave their homes under a list of "very limited purposes", banned public gatherings of more than two people and ordered the closure of non-essential shops.
Individual forms of exercise such as running, walking or cycling have bee limited to once a day and they must be done either alone or with other household members.
Anyone caught flouting the rules will face police action, through fines and the dispersing of gatherings.
The Prime Minister made the drastic decision following mounting criticism that the government's more relaxed approach was setting it on course to suffer a similar fate to Italy, the epicentre of the pandemic where more than 6,000 people have died.
