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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 with coronavirus whose deaths were reported in 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. | 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. | 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." | 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". | 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". | However, he stressed that there was "no room for complacency". |
| During the briefing, Mr Gove paid tribute to one of the youngest victims of the outbreak. | During the briefing, Mr Gove paid tribute to one of the youngest victims of the outbreak. |
| "Our thoughts today are also with the family of the five-year-old with underlying health conditions who has tragically died," he said. | "Our thoughts today are also with the family of the five-year-old with underlying health conditions who has tragically died," he said. |
| Analysis | |
| By Robert Cuffe, BBC News Head of Statistics | |
| The recent trends in deaths (doubling roughly every 3.5 days) would have predicted about 800 deaths today. | |
| Remember that doubling every few days means that we should expect to see record new highs regularly. | |
| Scientists remind us to look for evidence that the growth is slowing down - the first step on the journey to falling numbers of deaths. | |
| So, compared to that projection, there is a potential silver lining to these figures - if the pattern continues. | |
| But one day of below-trend growth is far too soon to know for sure. | |
| It takes over three weeks from infection to death to being reported in these figures. | |
| So while we can hope to see the effects of pre-lockdown social distancing soon, it will take longer for the effect of the lockdown, announced on 23 March, to become apparent. | |
| The latest deaths in the UK include a further 46 people in Scotland, 13 people in Wales and eight more in Northern Ireland. | |
| There were 212 deaths in the Midlands, more than in London, where there were 127. | |
| Prof Powis said people were adhering to social distancing measures, and that public transport use remains "extremely low". | |
| School attendance was down as low as 2%, Mr Gove added. | |
| However, Prof Powis added that people must "resist the temptation" to go out in the warm weather. | |
| Brighton and Hove City Council tweeted on Saturday that too many people were meeting up with friends on the seafront, making social distancing "impossible". |