The United Kingdom death toll from the coronavirus rose by 684 to 3,605 as of 1600 GMT on April 2, up 23 per cent from the previous day. The number of infections also rose to 38,168.

Stephen Powis, the national medical director of National Health Service England, said at a Downing Street briefing that a high death rate would continue to be seen for “a few weeks yet”.

British government scientists say that the United Kingdom would be doing well if it kept the coronavirus death toll below 20,000.

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