Get our daily coronavirus email newsletter with all the news you need to know direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailThe number of coronavirus deaths has increased by 70 with daily cases up by 14,162Earlier today figures showed the number of coronavirus hospital deaths had risen by 59. Yesterday, a further 14,542 coronavirus cases were recorded, with the overall death count also increasing by 76. The expert said this could lead to more than 200 deaths a day by the middle of November. Damning new research also suggests coronavirus has risen in 19 out of 20 areas that are under at least two months of local lockdown. That is despite a raft of local lockdown restrictions, which vary but include bans on meeting people you don't live with indoors, and advice against non-essential travel.

Source: Daily Mirror October 07, 2020 15:08 UTC