Iran Press/ Europe: The coronavirus death toll in the UK has nearly doubled in just 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases of the disease surging by hundreds overnight.
Ten more patients, all of whom had underlying health conditions, have died after contracting the virus – bringing the total fatalities in the country so far from 11 to 21.
The deaths came as the number of people in the UK testing positive for Covid-19 rose from 798 on Friday to 1,140 on Saturday, the Department of Health and Social Care said.
The number of confirmed UK cases, while unofficially thought to be as high as 10,000, has increased from 456 on Wednesday to the latest figure topping 1,000. Globally, there have been more than 149,000 confirmed cases and 5,600 deaths, according to figures provided by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
This is while Hundreds of scientists and other experts are challenging the UK government over what they say is its failure to take tough enough measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
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