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Coronavirus: See if your area is affected after cases of deadly bug spread across UK

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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK leaped to 35 after 12 new patients were identified in England. Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty said three of the patients were close contacts of a known Covid-19 case that was transmitted within the UK - believed to be a Surrey resident.

Another new patient, from Essex, has not recently travelled to an affected area, Prof Whitty said on Sunday. He added investigations were ongoing as to whether the patient had contracted it "directly or indirectly" from an individual who had recently travelled abroad.

Of the eight remaining cases, six had recently travelled from Italy, while two had been in Iran. These patients are from London, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Hertfordshire

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