Britain reports more death from coronavirus to 11,329

Britain reported another 717 deaths in a single day, bringing the fatalities from coronavirus to 11,329. The government indicated that the strict social distancing measures which entered a fourth week on Monday are unlikely to be eased up any time soon.

 

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is deputising for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he recovers from coronavirus, said the Cabinet would be reviewing the impact of the lockdown measures later this week. Raab further added that some positive signs from the data is that we are starting to win this struggle but we



are still not past the peak of this crisis.

 

He said the Cabinet would review the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) assessment of the impact of the social distancing measures later this week. He added: ‘We won't until we're confident, as confident as we realistically can be, that any such changes can be safely made.’ Sir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, said during the briefing that he expects the death toll in the UK to increase this week before ‘plateauing’.