Coronavirus has claimed the lives of over 680 people in the UK within 24 hours.
It has been announced that the Queen will make a televised address to the nation on Sunday after a further 684 people have died with coronavirus in the UK.
The pandemic has swept across the UK with 38,168 people now testing positive for Covid-19.
As of 9am this morning 173,784 had been tested.
Of those who have been hospitalised in the country and tested positive, 3,605 have died.
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