Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that the UK has met its coronavirus testing target of 100,000 tests per day as Covid-19 deaths passed 27,500.
Mr Hancock said the Government had met its target to carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of April after 122,347 tests were performed in the 24 hours up to 9am on Friday.
He also announced that a further 739 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK.
Meanwhile, an analysis of statistics showed the death rate in London is almost double any other region in the country, with the capital's most deprived boroughs hit the hardest.
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