UK coronavirus cases surge to new total of 51

March 04, 2020 00:13

Twelve more people in the UK have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number infected to 51.

Eight of the new patients announced on Tuesday had recently travelled from Italy, and the fresh cases also included the first to have travelled from Germany. The others had been to Singapore, Japan and Iran, suggesting none are believed to have contracted the virus in the UK.

Health officials in the Canary Islands reported the first case of a British national testing positive at a quarantined hotel in Tenerife.

The 12 new UK cases constitute the second highest single-day increase in cases to date. They include the first known cases in Hampshire, Humberside and Northamptonshire. Others are from London, Wirral, Greater Manchester and Kent.

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