Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 8,077 in UK

London: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom reached 8,077 as of Tuesday morning, according to the latest figure from the Department of Health and Social Care.

A total of 90,436 people have been tested across Britain, of which 8,077 were confirmed positive, while 422 patients who contracted the novel coronavirus have died, said the department.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday evening a series of measures to restrict social contact in Britain, so as to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Starting from Monday midnight, those measures, dubbed as ‘lock down’ by local media, allow people in the country to leave their homes only for ‘very limited purposes’.

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