Coronavirus LIVE: Sixth UK patient dies as 373 people test positive for disease
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This comes as the sixth person to die from the disease in the UK passed away in hospital in west Hertfordshire.
The victim was in their 80s.
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The number of deaths worldwide has passed 4,000 as the virus spreads to more than 100 countries.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the country would remain in the ‘containment’ phase for the disease at the moment, however it was likely that a change into the ‘delay’ phase would be necessary.
Follow this live blog for developments as they come throughout today.