Published 23:14 IST, April 10th 2020

UK confirms 980 further virus deaths

Chief Nursing Officer Ruth May said that Exeter and Sunderland were to receive new temporary Nightingale hospitals to treat coronavirus patients, alongside London, Birmingham, Manchester, Harrogate and Bristol.

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UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Friday confirmed a record daily rise of deaths from COVID-19, at 980, bringing UK's total death toll to 8,958.

Chief Nursing Officer Ruth May said that Exeter and Sunderland were to receive new temporary Nightingale hospitals to treat coronavirus patients, alongside London, Birmingham, Manchester, Harrogate and Bristol.

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23:14 IST, April 10th 2020