A further 1,406 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the United Kingdom over the last 24 hours, lifting the total number of cases to 335,873, the Department of Health and Social Care reported on Monday
LONDON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st August, 2020) A further 1,406 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the United Kingdom over the last 24 hours, lifting the total number of cases to 335,873, the Department of Health and Social Care reported on Monday.
The government body also confirmed that the country's death toll now stands at 41,501 after another two patients died within 28 days of their first positive test result for the novel coronavirus.
As of Monday, the seventh consecutive day with more than 1,000 daily cases in the UK, a total of 764 were in hospital beds, including 60 on ventilators, the official report added.
