Probash Barta 24.com Newsdesk: A further 14 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus have now died, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in the UK to 71.
The patients were aged between 93 and 45 years old and had underlying health conditions, NHS England said.
It comes as Britons have been advised against non-essential travel to anywhere in the world as experts admitted the UK could already have up to 55,000 cases of the coronavirus.
According to the latest figures this afternoon from the Department of Health and Social Care, 1,950 people in the UK have tested positive for Covid-19 – up by 407 from the day before.
“Covid-19 presents the NHS with the greatest challenge it has faced since its creation,” NHS chiefs have said.
All non-urgent NHS operations will be postponed for three months and private hospital beds will be purchased “in bulk” to drastically free up resources, a letter sent to all NHS Trusts from Sir Simon Stevens, NHS Chief Executive, revealled today.
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