Coronavirus UK Update: death toll rises by 917, including 11-year-old

The number of coronavirus deaths has risen by 917 to 9,875 across the UK in 24 hours, as NHS medics beg the public to stay home and save lives.

The youngest victim was an 11-year-old child, Public Health England said.

There were 823 deaths in England, 47 in Scotland, 15 in Northern Ireland and 32 in Wales.

NHS England said the patients who died were aged between 11 and 102 years old.

They said 33 of the 823 patients, aged between 29 and 94 years old, had no known underlying health condition.

The tragic figure rose from yesterday’s UK-wide figure of 8,958.

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