Britain now has 373 coronavirus cases - including its sixth death - after 54 more people were diagnosed in the last 24 hours.
The latest infections include a man in his 80s who died in Watford, a Liverpool hospital surgeon, a University of Oxford student, a secondary school teacher in Cumbria and a Halifax bank call centre worker in Belfast.
England has the most infections with 324, including 91 in London, followed by Scotland (27), Northern Ireland (16) and Wales (six).
The increase came as England's deputy chief medical officer, Dr Jenny Harries, warned that "many thousands" could become infected, adding that the start of the UK peak of the epidemic is expected within the next fortnight.
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