Daily death rate HALVES: UK records 43 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours compared to 87 yesterday, taking the total to 465 - but new infections leap by record 1,452 to 9,529 as many Britons continue to flout the lockdown

[Daily Mail]: The UK has recorded 43 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours compared to 87 yesterday, but new infections have sky-rocketed by a record 1,452 to 9,529 as Britons continued to flout the lockdown today.

Twenty-eight more patients died overnight in England. Six more patients died in Scotland, five in Wales and four in Northern Ireland.

They included a 47-year-old who did not have an underlying health condition. The others who died, including one person aged 93, did have underlying health conditions.

In contrast, eighty-seven infected Brits died the day before. Despite the fall in deaths, the country saw a record spike in cases in yesterday, with 1,452 more patients known to have caught the virus.

Scotland only announced two deaths yesterday, while Wales confirmed just one. Both countries have now had 22 coronavirus victims.

Northern Ireland this afternoon announced two more fatalities as well as two last night, taking their total to seven deaths.

But the true size of the outbreak is being hidden because of the Government's controversial decision to only test patients in hospital. The true size of the outbreak is likely to be closer to the 400,000 mark....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...