LONDON: Britain reported a record daily coronavirus toll of 381 on Tuesday (Mar 31), more than double the number of nationwide deaths posted in the previous 24 hours. "As of 5pm (1600 GMT) on 30 March, of those hospitalised in the UK, 1,789 have sadly died," the health ministry said on its Twitter page, up from 1,408 on Monday.
Advertisement Advertisement The patients were aged between 19 and 98, and all but 28 had underlying health conditions, NHS England said in a statement.