UK coronavirus death toll rises by 489 as more than 28,000 test positive for virus April Roach UP NEXT
The UK has recorded a further 489 coronavirus deaths with more than 28,000 new confirmed cases of the virus.
The daily death toll figure is higher than the 424 deaths reported by the Government last Friday.
It brings the official death toll to 66,541. But separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies suggest there have now been 82,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
The Government said that, as of 9am on Friday, there had been a further 28,507 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.
It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 1,977,167.