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UK Environment secretary George Eustice announces that over 31,000 people who have tested positive for coronavirus have now died in Britain. SOUNDBITE
The number of people in Britain who have died in hospital from the coronavirus has risen by 596 to 16,060, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. SOUNDBITE
The confirmed coronavirus death toll in the United States surpasses 30,000 on Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The tracker says 30,990 people have now died in the country from COVID-19 since the start of the global health crisis. ANIMATED VIDEO
British Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma says that 563 people have died from coronavirus in the UK in one day, a new record marking a clear acceleration of the pandemic and bringing the death toll to 2,352, up 563 on the previous day. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Health Secretary Matt Hancock and the heir to the throne, Prince Charles, have all tested positive for COVID-19. SOUNDBITE
Police say the death toll from a devastating fire at a London tower block has risen to 30. SOUNDBITE