Child, 5, is UK's youngest coronavirus victim as death toll reaches 4,313

The child is among 637 people in England who tested positive for Covid-19 and have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 3,939, NHS England said.The oldest patient was 104, and 40 had no known underlying conditions, aged between 48 and 93. Their families have been informed.

It shows that London is now witnessing more daily deaths than Wuhan, the Chinese city where the global pandemic first began, at the same stage of its outbreak. Sadly the World Health Organisation has warned that more and more young people are becoming critically ill after contracting coronavirus.Speaking at a press conference in Geneva yesterday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s coronavirus technical lead, said: “We are seeing more and more younger individuals who are experiencing severe disease.

Today’s figures from the Department of Health show that the number of new people tested daily in the UK for coronavirus has slipped back below 10,000.For the previous two days, the equivalent figure was above 10,000.

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