THE UK's coronavirus death toll has risen to 7978, an increase of 881 from the day before, Dominic Raab confirmed.
The Foreign Secretary was speaking at the daily press conference at Downing Street, in which he said it was "too early" to lift the lockdown measures.
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He said 243,421 people have been tested for the virus and 65,077 have tested positive for Covid-19.
"And of those who have contracted the virus, 7978 have sadly died and our thoughts and our prayers are with their family and friends," Raab said.
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