10 more dead in the last 24 hours after testing positive for COVID-19 in the UK

Ten more people in the UK have died in the last 24 hours after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 21.

The UK government's chief medical adviser said the patients were all in "at-risk" groups from across England.

The total number of confirmed cases in the UK has reached 1,140 while 37,746 people have been tested.

It comes as US President Donald Trump decided to suspend all travel between the US and the UK and Ireland.

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BBC News reports of the latest deaths in the UK, eight were men aged over 80 and all but one were known to have underlying health conditions.

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They were in being treated in hospitals in Buckinghamshire, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Leicester, London and Chester.

[Source:BBC]