UK, France record 880 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

Britain and France, on Tuesday, reported a total of 880 deaths in less than 24 hours.

381 persons died in the UK while 499 persons died in France.

But experts warned not to read too much in the figures, citing indications that stringent measures put in place last week to cut close-contact transmission of COVID-19 were working.

“As of 5 pm (1600 GMT) on 30 March, of those hospitalised in the UK, 1,789 have sadly died,” the health ministry said on its Twitter page – up from 1,408 on Monday.

Some 25,150 people have now tested positive for the virus in Britain, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a daily increase of 3,009.