Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailBritain could face the worst recession in 300 years if the coronavirus lockdown lasts until the summer, it is feared. The Chancellor warned of "tough times to come" for Brits amid fears more than two million people could lose their jobs and the economy may fall off a cliff edge because of the coronavirus lockdown. It came as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer added his voice to calls for the Government to publish its exit strategy from the lockdown this week. Covid-19 was mentioned on 3,475 death certificates in the same week, including hospital, care home and community deaths. The Department of Health and Social Care told the PA news agency on Tuesday lunchtime that there had been coronavirus outbreaks at 2,162 care homes in England.

Source: Daily Mirror April 15, 2020 02:39 UTC