Coronavirus: Over 35,000 have died with COVID-19 in UK after 545 more fatalities

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Environment Secretary George Eustice says a further 545 people across the UK have died after testing positive for the coronavirus - taking the total number of deaths to 35,341. Latest from the COVID19 briefing:

Chancellor warns UK faces 'severe recession' what country is 'currently passing through''Pick for Britain' website launched to supplement migrant fruit picker lossesHe says about 1/3 of the people who would normally migrate to the UK to do this are already here, so the government will have to rely on Britons.

He urges people who want to get out, play a part in the virus response and supplement their income to visit the website.Eustice tries to assuage fears that the lockdown loosening is coming too soon by insisting the government will only relax strict social distancing measures further when it is safe to do so.Eustice repeats what ministers have been saying at these briefings for days now, that the government will try to take steps to reduce the alert level to three.

He added that"we are currently passing through" that period that is defined by two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth.The news conference will be fronted by Environment Secretary George Eustice and the UK government's deputy chief scientific adviser Professor Angela McLean.First Conservative council joins those defying government schools return order

In the seven days to 8 May, coronavirus-related deaths fell by more than a third to 3,930, making up 31.1% of all registered deaths that week.

 

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Be it on your consciousness, you opened the lockdown gates far to early, 35,500 deaths on your consciousness, resign a cornishman!

They died of something else then they tested positive so they get recorded as covid 19 the figures are false and fake don’t believe a word of it

No its sadly many many more .Please stop lying

Where is our Prome Minister ... this is bordering upon negligence ... surely there should be a no confidence vote in the commons as he is offering this country no leadership

Be as well with 3 monkeys from London Zoo stood up there at dailybriefings

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