Coronavirus: Number of UK deaths rise by 260 – taking total to 1,019

(Sky News) – Another 260 people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total to 1,019.

The vast majority of those deaths are in England.

The latest numbers from Scotland show another seven deaths there, taking the total to 40.

And the number of deaths in Wales has gone up four, with the total there reaching 38.

The figures have been released by the government as news pictures emerged from inside the NHS Nightingale hospital in London’s Excel building.

Once work is completed this week, the facility will be able to hold 4,000 patients at a time.

Two more of these temporary mega-hospitals are to be built – one in Birmingham and one in Manchester.

And yesterday, it was announced that a mortuary for up to 12,000 bodies in case of a worst-case scenario is being worked on at Birmingham’s airport.