Watch Live: Michael Gove Takes Daily Coronavirus Conference

Cabinet minister Michael Gove hosts the government’s daily briefing on the coronavirus outbreak in the UK alongside deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries, and NHS England national medical director Stephen Powis. Medics are still facing “life-threatening” shortages of PPE and the UK number of coronavirus deaths in the UK rises to 1,801. Coronavirus accounted for 1% of all deaths in England and Wales in the week ending March 20, figures from the Office for National Statistics, which includes deaths outside of a hospital, reveal.