Britain on Saturday reported a record 708 daily deaths from Covid-19, including a five-year-old child, who is thought to be the country's youngest victim. A total of 637 of the latest deaths were in England, the National Health Service (NHS) said. 40 of the 637 patients (aged between 48 and 93 years old) had no known underlying health condition," it said in a statement. A 13-year-old boy from London, Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, died last week, days after testing positive for Covid-19. Later Saturday, news emerged that the British singer and 1960s pop icon Marianne Faithfull had been admitted to hospital suffering from the virus.

Source: News 24 April 04, 2020 22:52 UTC