He said the focus was firstly on London, where coronavirus has spread quicker than in other parts of the country. It took 13 days for the number of deaths in the UK to go from one to more than 100. It has taken a further 10 days for the total to go from more than 100 to more than 1,000. Meanwhile, the number of people tested in the UK for coronavirus was 120,776 as of 9am on Saturday March 28. The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK now stands at 17,089, as of 9am on Saturday.

Source: Daily Mirror March 28, 2020 16:29 UTC