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| Coronavirus: UK deaths rise to 2,352 amid rush to test medics | |
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| A further 563 patients with coronavirus have died in the UK, taking the total number of deaths in hospitals to 2,352. | |
| The Department of Health said 29,474 people have tested positive for the virus, up 4,324 since Tuesday. | |
| It comes as No 10 confirmed more than 2,000 NHS frontline staff in England have been tested for coronavirus since the outbreak began. | |
| Hundreds have been screened since the weekend in a push to get healthy self-isolating medics back to work. | Hundreds have been screened since the weekend in a push to get healthy self-isolating medics back to work. |
| Cabinet minister Michael Gove said a shortage of chemicals needed for the tests meant the NHS - which employs 1.2m in England - could not screen its staff for the virus. | |
| No 10 said test capacity will increase with an additional network of labs and testing sites. | |
| The PM's official spokesman said the government was "working with NHS England, Public Health England and others to ensure that happens". | |
| The latest increase in the number of people who have died relates to the 24 hours up to 17:00 BST on Tuesday. |