THE UK coronavirus death toll today hit 28,446 as 315 more people died in the UK in the last 24 hours, Michael Gove said today.
The grim jump in deaths means the country remains one of the worst hit by the deadly bug in the world, with 186,599 cases of the virus.
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Britain is edging closer to becoming the worst affected in Europe, with the coronavirus-hit Italy's death toll currently sitting at 28,710.
The figures published today by NHS England show April 8 continues to have the highest number for the most hospital deaths occurring on a single day, with a current total of 867.
There have been a further five confirmed deaths of patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of Health - bringing the total numbers of deaths in the region to 381.
In Wales, a further 14 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths to 983.
Another 174 people have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 10,329.
And in Scotland, a total of 1,571 patients have died after testing positive for coronavirus, an increase of 12 since Saturday.
Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman announced that 12,097 people have now tested positive for the virus in Scotland, a rise of 170 from 11,927 the day before.
Mr Gove revealed the figures in tonight's No10 briefing.
Experts think Britain's peak happened in mid-April, and they expect the numbers to continue to fall overall.
The lower the number of new cases and deaths is, the better a new track and trace approach will be when it's rolled out in the middle of the next month.
It is being tested through a pilot study on the Isle of Wight this coming week, The Sun revealed last week.
The Government will in the coming weeks ask everyone to download a new app, which will let users know if they have been in contact with anyone who has tested positive.
Ministers are recruiting 18,000 tracers to track cases as they get ready to lift lockdown measures in the coming weeks.
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Mr Gove also unveiled new testing figures today, showing there has been a huge drop in the number of tests that have taken place in the last 24 hours.
Despite Matt Hancock smashing his testing target on Friday - reaching far more than the aim of 100,000 - it has now dipped down to around 76,000.
The Cabinet minister blamed the weekend, where fewer people work, as part of the reason for the fall.
He said: "You might expect over a weekend, with fewer people going to work, a dip in the amount of testing taking place.
"I don't think it detracts from the amazing achievement of the NHS in increasing the amount of tests that are available."
Mr Gove also stressed that a localised approach to the lockdown could be used in future to help in a new strategy to contain new outbreaks.
It may mean that areas with fewer cases get to lift measures sooner, and if there's a new outbreak, then only local lockdowns may be required again.
He said: "A phased approach will allow us to phase in measures and pause or reintroduce those restrictions that might be required in local areas to cope with the disease".
The Cabinet minister admitted there would have to be some form of lockdown rules in place until Britain gets access to a vaccine.
And he warned the country not to expect huge and sudden changes like switching on a light.
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BOJO'S BATTLE
The news comes after Boris Johnson revealed doctors prepared to announce his death as he battled coronavirus.
The PM told The Sun on Sunday he was given “litres and litres of oxygen” to keep him alive.
He added: “It was a tough old moment, I won’t deny it. They had a strategy to deal with a ‘death of Stalin’-type scenario.
"I was not in particularly brilliant shape and I was aware there were contingency plans in place.
“The doctors had all sorts of arrangements for what to do if things went badly wrong.
“They gave me a face mask so I got litres and litres of oxygen and for a long time I had that and the little nose jobbie.”
The stark reality of his plight quickly struck home when he was wired up to monitors and moved into intensive care.
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He told how “the bloody indicators kept going in the wrong direction” and he realised there was no cure for Covid-19.
During his life-or-death struggle at St Thomas’ Hospital last month, Boris kept asking himself: “How am I going to get out of this?”
Boris is set to lay out his roadmap out of the lockdown in a speech later this week.
He will tell the nation how he hopes it can get back to work, get kids back to school and restart the economy.
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