British authorities announced on Sunday that the total number of UK-wide deaths from coronavirus was 28,446, an increase of 315 in the last 24 hours.
The figures came as speculation mounts in local media as to how and when the UK’s lockdown will end.
UK HAS HIGHER DEATH RATE THAN OTHER COUNTRIES
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to unveil his plan next week.
At the daily press briefing, government minister Michael Gove announced that the government has pledged an extra £1.6 billion ($2 billion) to local councils across England to support “essential frontline services.”
Earlier in the day, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC that the UK seemed to have a higher death rate than other countries because of a “density of population” and the “product of excellent statisticians counting in a way that other countries don’t.”
He added: “If we had had a 100,000 testing capacity, many things could have been different. We are not a country that had a large testing capacity.”