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Health secretary Matt Hancock announced the “really good news” at the daily press conference.
But Labour demands health secretary "urgently clarify" reports the way the figure is calculated has been changed.
Health secretary Matt Hancock hosts the daily coronavirus conference. He is expected to give an update on whether the government met its target for 100,000 tests per day by last night.
Roadmap from lockdown set out, but so was the case for the defence ahead of any inquiry.
Number 10 has said changes to the coronavirus lockdown depends on meeting five measures.
Justice secretary Robert Buckland says promise to reach goal by end of April is unlikely to be met.
Rising death toll adds to misery of years of cuts and fragmentation.
NHSX app and 18,000 contact tracers likely to play a key role in easing the lockdown.
Health secretary Matt Hancock also announces new checks for all over 65s with symptoms, as well as their households.
Health secretary Matt Hancock hosts the daily press briefing on coronavirus. It comes after the Office for National Statistics revealed that coronavirus played a role in 40% more deaths in England and Wales than previously thought.