Dominic raab as he delivered the daily downing street press conference. He was joined by the deputy chief medical officer for england, Jenny Harries and the uks National Statistician, professor ian diamond. If you missed it, heres another look at what was said. Good afternoon, and welcome to todays downing street press c0 nfe re nce. Very pleased to be joined by sir ian diamond, the National Statistician from the ons, and doctorJenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer. The latest data from our cobra coronavirus data file shows that as of today, there have now been 1,000,530 tests for coronavirus across the uk, including 86,583 tests carried out yesterday. 206,715 people have tested positive, an increase of 5614 cases since yesterday. Those who have tested positive, very sadly, 13,600 people have died and my condolences go to anyone who has lost a loved one throughout this pandemic. Three weeks ago before the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, i set out five tests for the uk to move onto t
The lockdown but well have to wait until sunday to find out how the Prime Minister intends to do it. No easing of the lockdown in scotland for now. The first minister says to do so would be very, very risky indeed. I will not be pressured into lifting restrictions prematurely, before i can be as certain as i can be that we will not be risking a resurgence of infection rates. Analysis of deaths from coronavirus in the uk reveals that the risk of dying from covid i9 among some ethnic groups is significantly higher. And the coronavirus Contact Tracing app, being trialled on the isle of wight, goes live to the general public today. Good afternoon and welcome to viewers on bbc one and the bbc news channel, ahead of todays daily Coronavirus Briefing from downing street. Thats taking place at 5pm, with the foreign secretary dominic raab leading proceedings. First, the bank of england is warning that the coronavirus pandemic will push the uk economy into its deepest recession on record. Unempl