The number of coronavirus patients to die in UK hospitals has risen by 15, health authorities have announced. Of these, 14 fatalities were in England and one in Scotland.
Wales reported no Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, while Northern Ireland is yet to release its figure. Those who died in England were aged between 62 and 94, and all had known underlying health conditions.
It comes as ministers grapple with a rising infection rate, amid fears that the killer virus is spreading to care homes. The UK's former chief scientific advisor warned at the weekend that the country is close to "losing control", with thousands of new cases confirmed each day.
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