Hello and welcome to bbc news. Where covering all the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. The uk has another week of tragic news for families. Today has been the third day in a row in which the British Government has announced close to a thousand deaths in a single day. Uks Daily Briefing was led by the Health Secretary who confirmed their been 980 reported deaths from coronavirus in the last day. That is the biggest daily increase so far. That makes the total number to almost 9000. There have been nearly 1. 6 million recorded cases of coronavirus with many people having died. That is according to the Hopkins University of the united states. Mass burials are taking place as the death torments high with more cases reported in new york state than any other single country. Back in uk, the Prime Minister is out of intensive care and continues to improve in hospital, according to downing street where he has to think the whole Clinical Team treating them for the incredib
Adherence to the physical separation, the guidelines that the Vice President talks about, the physical separation, at the same time were seeing the increase in deaths. Were seeing rather dramatic decrease in the need for hospitalizations. Yesterday was Something Like 200 new hospitalizations. Its been as high as 1,400 at any given time. So that is going in the right direction. I say that, and i always remind myself when i say that, that means that what we are doing is working. Therefore, we need to continue to do it. I get questions a lot, dr. Birx and i, about these numbers, the projections. They went from 100,000, 200,000, now down to 60,000. Thats a sign that when, as i keep saying, when you take the data you have, and you reinsert it into the model, the model modifies. Data is real. Model is hypothesis. Okay . Thats what you have to do. Thats what i think were seeing. Dr. Anthony fauci at yesterdays White House Briefing, explaining a revised projection for deaths in the u. S. From
A Good Friday Service in Notre Dame Cathedral almost a year it went up in flames. And bringing the outdoors indoors for lockdown how charities are trying to connect people with nature using webcams to help Mental Health. In bbc news, the head of the Managers Association said football should not restart in england until all players have been tested for coronavirus. Good evening. Almost 9000 people in the uk have now lost their lives to coronavirus in the past five weeks. The latest daily death toll has risen by a record 980 hospital people. Thats higher than spain and italys worst daily death tolls. And that number does not include people who have died from coronavirus in care homes or in the community. It brings the total number of deaths in hospital to 8,958 at the end of another week of tragic news for thousands of families across the country. Today has been the third day in a row in which the government has announced close to 1000 deaths in a single day. Meanwhile, despite fresh cla
Way. The number of coronavirus cases here more than any other country outside of the United States. And now with the u. S. Just days away from the projected peak of this pandemic, the white house is now pushing to reopen the u. S. Economy as soon as may 1st. On cnn this morning, dr. Anthony fauci said very clearly now is not the time. The virus kind of decides whether or not its going to be appropriate to open or not. Now is no time to back off. As they say so often, now is the time to actually put your foot on the accelerator, because were going in the right direction. Lets keep in that direction. Yes, lets do that and lets begin this hour in new york where hospitalizations are going down. But the number of deaths is going up. Our National Correspondent athena jones is with us. Good morning again to you, athena. What are the stats and just the state of affairs in new york, specifically new york city, this morning . Reporter good morning, poppy. Well, like you said, there is good news
His recovery. Hes been a really good friend. Hes been really good friend. Hes been really something very special. Strong, resolute, doesnt quit, doesnt give up. A special report inside one of the uks biggest intensive care centres as staff deal with rising numbers of patients suffering the effects of coronavirus. The staff here are dealing with the biggest challenge ever faced by the nhs. They can save many of the patients but sadly, not all of them. The coronavirus has killed more than ten thousand people in america as officials warn this could be the saddest, ha rd est week yet in the outbreak. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Firstly, borisjohnson has been moved to intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened over the course of the afternoon. The british Prime Minister was admitted to st thomass hospital in london on sunday evening. Earlier on, borisjohnson sai