THE number of people in the UK to have died after testing positive for coronavirus has increased to 422.
The Department of Health confirmed the death toll, which has risen by 86 since yesterday.
In total, 90,436 people in the UK have been tested for Covid-19 as of 9am this morning, with 8077 testing positive.
Of those, 422 have now died.
UPDATE on coronavirus (#COVID19) testing in the UK:
— Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) March 24, 2020
As of 9am on 24 March, a total of 90,436 have been tested:
82,359 negative.
8,077 positive.
As of 1pm, 422 patients who tested positive for coronavirus have sadly died.
The digital dashboard will be updated later today. pic.twitter.com/hSFYYLIzEU
In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed the number of coronavirus patients to have died has increased to 16.
Meanwhile, Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned home is now the "front line" in the fight against coronavirus,
He told MPs in the Commons: "The spread of coronavirus is rapidly accelerating across the world and in the UK.
"The actions we took yesterday are not actions that any UK government would want to take but they are absolutely necessary.
"Our instruction is simple: stay at home."
He said people should only be leaving their home for four reasons shopping for essentials such as food and medicine, one form of exercise per day, medical need or to provide care to a vulnerable person, and travelling to and from work, but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home.
Hancock continued: "These measures are not advice, they are rules and will be enforced including by the police, with fines starting at £30 up to unlimited fines for non-compliance."
He added: "We are engaged in a great national effort to beat this virus, everybody now has it in their power to save lives and protect the NHS. Home is now the front line.
"In this national effort, working together, we can defeat this disease, everyone has a part to play."
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