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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Patrick Grafton-Green, Harriet Brewis, Ewan Somerville

UK coronavirus LIVE: Death toll jumps by 215 as Brits head to beauty spots despite warnings over lockdown easing

Brits have been flocking to beauty spots this weekend despite warnings not to pre-empt further relaxations of lockdown measures.

Police have told the public to follow current safeguards ahead of the easing of restrictions on Monday.

It comes after Government advisers voiced concerns that the lifting of strict social distancing rules in England is coming too soon and could cause a spike of coronavirus cases.​

Meanwhile, the coronavirus death toll in UK has risen by 215, bringing the total number of deaths across hospitals, care homes and the wider community to 38,376.

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