ONE more patient has sadly died at Warrington Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 while 16 new cases of the disease have been confirmed in the town.
A total of 81 patients have now passed away at the hospital, with at least another 37 dying in local care homes, taking the death total to 124.
The number of people who have now tested postive at the hospital is 594, an increase of 16 from yesterday.
The daily number of COVID-19 associated UK deaths was 674, taking the total to 26,771.
The daily number of new lab-confirmed UK cases was 6,032, taking the total to 171,253
Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his briefing to promise the delivery of a “comprehensive plan” next week to set out “how we can get our economy moving”, how people might travel to work and how children can go back to school or into childcare.
Appearing at his first Downing Street daily briefing since recovering from COVID-19, the prime minister thanked the NHS for his care and said the country was now “past the peak of this disease” and “on the downward slope”.
He added: “I will be setting out a comprehensive plan next week to explain how we can get our economy moving, our children back to school and into childcare, and thirdly how we can travel to work and make life in the workplace safer.
“In short, how we can continue to suppress the disease and at the same time restart the economy.”
Meanwhile the FTSE 100 has endured its worst one-day loss for a month as the effects of lockdowns on the global economy become clearer and weigh on investor sentiment.
