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People are being told to stay at house as much as possible – despite the excellent weather.
For the second day in a row, more than 900 deaths were recorded in medical facilities.
Saturday’s death toll, accurate as of 17: 00 BST on Friday, are slightly down on the previous day’s 980 deaths.
However, spikes or dips might in part show traffic jams in the reporting system, rather than genuine changes in the trend and these figures do not include those who passed away in care houses or the community.
In some other nations that executed lockdown, the numbers of reported deaths stopped growing about 3 weeks into lockdown.
There have actually been reporting lags at weekends and it is possible that a bank holiday weekend will include deaths that go unreported until next week.
The government is advising people to stay at house over Easter to curb the spread of the virus, regardless of warm and sunny weather throughout parts of the UK.
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