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Coronavirus deaths now 'every five minutes' in UK with peak of outbreak still to come

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The UK's coronavirus death toll will continue to rise as the outbreak moves towards an expected peak in two to three weeks, scientists have warned.More than 1,000 people have died after contracting the virus, the Department of Health in England revealed on Saturday.Covid-19 related deaths in the UK jumped from 759 to 1,019 - an increase of 260 and by far the biggest day-on-day rise since the outbreak began.Brendan Wren, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said the report of the further UK deaths "approximates to a person dying every five minutes in our hospitals from Covid-19".He added: "With the doubling rate of infection every four/five days and the epidemic expected to peak in

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