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Coronavirus: Five-year-old among latest UK victims | Coronavirus: Five-year-old among latest UK victims |
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A five-year-old child with underlying health conditions is among those who died with coronavirus over the past day, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said. | A five-year-old child with underlying health conditions is among those who died with coronavirus over the past day, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said. |
The latest figures show 4,313 people with the virus have now died in the UK - up by 708 on Friday's figure. | The latest figures show 4,313 people with the virus have now died in the UK - up by 708 on Friday's figure. |
Mr Gove said hundreds of ventilators were being manufactured every day and more had been sourced from abroad. | |
People have been warned to stay at home despite the warm weather this weekend. | |
Speaking alongside Mr Gove at the government's daily briefing, NHS England medical director Stephen Powis said: "The sun might be out, but that does not mean you should be out." | |
He said there is some evidence that social distancing measures are reducing transmission, and that the latest figures suggested new cases had begun to "stabilise". | |
However, he stressed that there was "no room for complacency". |