Coronavirus death toll rises to 759 in United Kingdom, up 31pc in one day

The toll, up 31% in a day, is the seventh highest in the world after Italy, Spain, China, Iran, France and the United States, according to a Reuters tally.

In England, patients were aged between 29 and 98 years old and all but four patients, aged between 82 and 91 years old, had underlying health conditions, health officials said.

The department of health also said 14,579 had tested positive for the virus in Britain. Earlier on Friday Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the country’s health minister Matt Hancock said they had tested positive after experiencing mild symptoms.

They are now both self isolating and working from home.