The UK has become the first country in Europe to pass 80,000 coronavirus deaths, new figures have confirmed.
Deaths with the virus – which are up by an average of 51 per cent in the last seven days of recorded information – rose by 1,035 today, to 80,868.
The UK has also become the first European country where cases have passed three million.
It comes as police forces across the country promised to impose tougher enforcement of lockdown rules amid calls from scientists for even stricter restrictions to stem the number of Covid deaths and infections.
A number of constabularies have issued statements to clarify how their officers will police the lockdown after criticism that the Government had not been clear about what the public should do.
Kier Pritchard, the chief constable of Wiltshire Police, wrote in his local newspaper how his officers will “move to enforcement much quicker”.
Devon and Cornwall police also insisted people should not travel by car to beauty spots to exercise.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
