The UK confirmed its first death from coronavirus


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The UK has also confirmed its first death from coronavirus, with the Royal Berkshire NHS Trust issuing a statement saying: "Sadly, we can confirm that an older patient with underlying health conditions has died.

"The patient has previously been in and out of hospital for non-coronavirus reasons, but on this occasion was admitted and last night tested positive for coronavirus.

It comes after the World Health Organization said the coronavirus outbreak is not yet at pandemic level, but there are "very concerning signs".

Speaking in Geneva, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also warned that a number of countries are not taking all the steps needed to fight against the spread of the coronavirus.

He said he was concerned that a "long list" of countries were not showing "the level of political commitment" needed to "match the level of the threat we all face."

"This is not a drill," he said. 

Dr Tedros also said some people are saying the virus is already a pandemic, but the WHO does not think its containment strategy should be abandoned.

In the UK, the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 100. As of 9am, 18,083 people had been tested in the UK.

Some 116 people have tested positive, including 105 in England, three in Wales, six in Scotland and three in Northern Ireland.

Just two days ago there were 51 UK cases.

Professor Chris Whitty said 17 people were diagnosed who had recently travelled from countries or clusters already under investigation.

Eight people contracted the virus in the UK, he added.

Prof Whitty told MPs the UK has now mainly moved into the "delay phase" of tackling the virus.

Half of all coronavirus cases in the UK are most likely to occur in just a three-week period, with 95% of them over a nine-week period, he added.

The number of people who have died from the Covid-19 coronavirus in Italy has risen to 148 after 41 new deaths were reported.

The increase was the highest for a single day to date. The number of cases also jumped by a new high of 769, reaching 3,858.


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