Coronavirus
More than 40,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus across the UK, health chiefs have confirmed.
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed that as of 9am on Saturday, a total of 183,190 people have been tested for the virus.
Of those 41,903 tested positive.
As of 5pm on Friday, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 4,313 have died.
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