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UK government says virus death toll up 621 to 28,131

LONDON, May 2, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The UK on Saturday announced 621 more
deaths in the coronavirus outbreak, taking the overall cumulative toll to
28,131, just behind Europe’s worst-hit country Italy.

The government said that 182,260 people had tested positive for COVID-19,
up 4,806 on Friday.

But hospital admissions had fallen, it added.

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