Two more coronavirus patients have died in hospital bringing the UK death toll to 10.
An 89-year-old woman in central London and a woman in her sixties in Romford are the latest people to die in the UK after being diagnosed with Covid-19.
Both had severe underlying health conditions, NHS officials confirmed.
The news comes as the Department for Health confirmed the total number of cases has risen by more than 130 to 590 in 24 hours - the biggest increase in cases in a single day.
In a statement, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust said: “We can confirm that, sadly, an 89-year-old patient who was very unwell with underlying health conditions has passed away at Charing Cross Hospital.
“The patient had tested positive for coronavirus. Our thoughts and condolences are with the patient’s family.”
Tony Chambers, interim chief executive, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, said another patient had died at Queen’s hospital.
He said: “We can confirm that a patient, who was in her sixties, and who tested positive for Covid-19 has sadly died at Queen’s hospital. She had been very unwell with significant other health conditions.
“Our thoughts and condolences are with the patient’s family at what is undoubtedly a very distressing time.
“We ask that the family’s privacy is respected”.
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Yesterday, two more deaths were announced in Dudley and Nuneaton.
Nearly 30,000 people have now been tested for coronavirus in the UK.
The World Health Organisation has announced that it is now characterising coronavirus as a pandemic.
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