Saturday 4 April 2020

Guardian British death toll up by 20% to 4,313

BBC Fears for lockdown over weekend of sunshine

Cases: 41,903 (+9.79%)
Deaths: 4,313 (+19.64%)

Sunday 5 April 2020

Guardian Boris Johnson admitted to hospital with coronavirus

BBC Queen tells UK 'we will succeed' in fight

Cases: 47,806 (+14.09%)
Deaths: 4,934 (+14.39%)

Monday 6 April 2020

Guardian Italy reports lowest day-to-day rise in infections in a week

BBC Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms worsen

Cases: 51,608 (+7.95%)
Deaths: 5,373 (+8.9%%)

Tuesday 7 April 2020

Guardian Boris Johnson to stay in hospital amid concerns over political vacuum

BBC UK cases ‘could be moving in the right direction’

Cases: 55,242 (+7.04%)
Deaths: 6,159 (+14.63%)

Wednesday 8 April 2020

Guardian Record daily death toll of 938, as Rishi Sunak says Boris Johnson is 'sitting up in bed'

BBC Boris Johnson 'improving' as intensive care treatment continues

Cases: 60,733 (+9.94%)
Deaths: 7,097 (+8.87%)

Thursday 9 April 2020

Guardian Boris Johnson moved from intensive care but stays in hospital

BBC Easter weekend – The government is urging locals and holidaymakers to stay away from beaches

Cases: 65,077 (+7.15%)
Deaths: 7,978 (+12.41%)

Friday 10 April 2020

Guardian 980 dead in UK hospitals in deadliest day of pandemic yet

BBC 'Herculean effort' to provide NHS protective gear

Cases: 70,272 (+7.98%)
Deaths: 8,958 (+12.28%)

Saturday 11 April 2020

Guardian Priti Patel – 'I am sorry if people feel there have been failings' on PPE

BBC US death toll passes 2,000 in a single day

Cases: 78,991 (+12.41%)
Deaths: 9,875 (+10.24%)

Sunday 12 April 2020

Guardian UK government using confidential patient data in coronavirus response

BBC 'Sombre day' as UK deaths hit 10,000

Cases: 84,279 (+6.69%)
Deaths: 10,612 (+7.46%)

Monday 13 April 2020

Guardian UK missed three chances to join EU scheme to bulk-buy PPE

BBC Don't expect changes to UK lockdown this week – Dominic Raab

Cases: 88,621 (+5.15%)
Deaths: 11,329 (+6.76%)

Tuesday 14 April 2020

Guardian Lockdown could shrink GDP by 35%, says OBR, as hospital deaths rise by 778 to 12,107

BBC One in five deaths now linked to virus

Cases: 93,873 (+5.93%)
Deaths: 12,107 (+6.87%)

Wednesday 15 April 2020

Guardian Domestic abuse killings 'more than double' amid Covid-19 lockdown

BBC Worldwide coronavirus cases pass two million

Cases: 98,476 (+4.9%)
Deaths: 12,868 (+6.29%)

Thursday 16 April 2020

Guardian No 10 claims Covid-19 crisis strengthens need for UK to be free of EU regulation after 2020

BBC Significant social distancing needed 'until vaccine found'

Cases: 103,093 (+4.69%)
Deaths: 13,729 (+6.69%)

Friday 17 April 2020

Guardian NHS staff to be asked to treat coronavirus patients without gowns

BBC UK creates vaccine taskforce to tackle coronavirus

Cases: 108,692 (+5.43%)
Deaths: 14,576 (+6.17%)

Saturday 18 April 2020

Guardian Large consignment of PPE to arrive tomorrow, says Jenrick

BBC English councils to get extra £1.6bn

Cases: 114,217 (+5.08%)
Deaths: 15,464 (+6.09%)

Sunday 19 April 2020

Guardian Impossible for UK to meet Covid-19 testing targets, scientists say

BBC No date for when schools will reopen

Cases: 120,067 (+5.12%)
Deaths: 16,060 (+3.85%)

Monday 20 April 2020

Guardian Air pollution may be ‘key contributor’ to Covid-19 deaths – study

BBC More than 140,000 firms claim through jobs scheme

Cases: 124,743 (+3.89%)
Deaths: 16,509 (+2.8%)

Tuesday 21 April 2020

Guardian Government misses out on 16m facemasks for NHS in four weeks

BBC Deaths at 20-year high but peak may be over

Cases: 129,044 (+3.45%)
Deaths: 17,337 (+5.02%)

Wednesday 22 April 2020

Guardian EU turns up pressure on Matt Hancock over Covid-19 PPE scheme

BBC Social restrictions ‘to remain for rest of year’

Cases: 133,495 (+3.45%)
Deaths: 18,100 (+4.40%)

Thursday 23 April 2020

Guardian Coronavirus testing to be offered to England key workers and families

BBC First patients injected in UK vaccine trial

Cases: 138,078 (+3.43%)
Deaths: 18,738 (+3.52%)

Friday 24 April 2020

Guardian Cummings is on secret scientific advisory group for Covid-19

BBC Test website closes after 'significant demand'

Cases: 143,464 (+3.90%)
Deaths: 19,506 (+4.10%)

Saturday 25 April 2020

Guardian Home secretary Priti Patel gives daily briefing as hospital deaths rise to 20,319

BBC UK hospital deaths pass 20,000

Cases: 148,377 (+3.42%)
Deaths: 20,319 (+4.17%)

Sunday 26 April 2020

Guardian Boris Johnson returns to face critics amid talk of the 'new normal'

BBC UK must find 'new normal' to ease lockdown - Raab

Cases: 152,840 (+3.01%)
Deaths: 20,732 (+2.03%)

Monday 27 April 2020

Guardian UK beginning to turn the tide on coronavirus

BBC Boris Johnson says this is moment of maximum risk

Cases: 157,149 (+2.82%)
Deaths: 21,092 (+1.74%)

Tuesday 28 April 2020

Guardian Some non-Covid NHS treatments to restart, as 360 hospital deaths take toll to 21,092

BBC Millions more to be eligible for testing

Cases: 161,145 (+2.54%)
Deaths: 21,678 (+2.78%)

Wednesday 29 April 2020

Guardian Inquests into NHS staff coronavirus deaths told not to look at PPE shortages

BBC UK begins reporting coronavirus care home deaths

Cases: 165,221 (+2.53%)
Deaths: 26,097 (+20.38%)

Thursday 30 April 2020

Guardian Britain is past peak of coronavirus outbreak, says Boris Johnson

BBC Johnson: We are past the peak of disease

Cases: 171,253 (+3.65%)
Deaths: 26,711 (+2.35%)

Friday 1 May 2020

Guardian NHS procurement official privately selling PPE amid Covid-19 outbreak

BBC Target reached as UK tests pass 100,000 a day

Cases: 177,454 (+3.62%)
Deaths: 27,510 (+2.99%)

Saturday 2 May 2020

Guardian Government announces £76m package to support the vulnerable

BBC US reported death toll passes 65,000

Cases: 182,260 (+2.71%)
Deaths: 28,131 (+2.26%)

Sunday 3 May 2020

Guardian Ministers under fire as Covid-19 testing drops back below 100,000 daily target

BBC UK coronavirus testing falls below target

Cases: 186,599 (+2.38%)
Deaths: 28,446 (+1.12%)

Monday 4 May 2020

Guardian Matt Hancock launches contact-tracing app in Isle of Wight

BBC UK to test contact-tracing app on Isle of Wight

Cases: 190,584 (+2.14%)
Deaths: 28,734 (+2.5%)

Tuesday 5 May 2020

Guardian Virgin Atlantic to axe a third of jobs and shut Gatwick operations

BBC UK reports highest death toll in Europe

Cases: 190,584 (+2.14%)
Deaths: 28,734 (+2.5%)

Wednesday 6 May 2020

Guardian Critical mass of Android users 'needed for success of NHS contact tracing app'

BBC Germany reopens shops as lockdown is relaxed

Cases: 201,101 (+3.13%)
Deaths: 30,076 (+2.83%)

Thursday 7 May 2020

Guardian No 10 battles to regain control of lockdown messaging amid fierce criticism

BBC Bank of England warns of sharpest recession on record

Cases: 206,715 (+2.79%)
Deaths: 30,615 (+1.79%)

Friday 8 May 2020

Guardian UK scientists condemn 'Stalinist' attempt to censor Covid-19 advice

BBC Coronavirus lockdown: 'No dramatic overnight change' to restrictions

Cases: 211,364 (+2.25%)
Deaths: 31,241 (+2.04%)

Saturday 9 May 2020

Guardian Grant Shapps leads daily briefing as UK death toll rises to 31,587

BBC £2bn for 'once in a generation change' to transport

Cases: 215,260 (+1.84%)
Deaths: 31,587 (+1.11%)

Sunday 10 May 2020

Guardian Boris Johnson says shops and some schools could open from June

BBC Boris Johnson unveils alert system for England

Cases: 219,138 (+1.80%)
Deaths: 31,855(+0.85%)

Monday 11 May 2020

Guardian Boris Johnson rejects claims people don't understand new 'stay alert' slogan

BBC Cover faces in some public areas, people in England told

Cases: 219,138 (+1.79%)
Deaths: 31,855(+0.66%)

Tuesday 12 May 2020

Guardian UK takes a pasting from world's press over coronavirus crisis

BBC UK furlough scheme extended by four months

Cases: 226,463 (+1.53%)
Deaths: 32,692 (+1.96%)

Wednesday 13 May 2020

Guardian PMQs: Keir Starmer presses Boris Johnson over care home deaths

BBC Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns of 'significant recession'

Cases: 229,705 (+1.43%)
Deaths: 33,186 (+1.51%)

Thursday 14 May 2020

Guardian Drivers tell of chaos at UK's privately run PPE stockpile

BBC Global Coronavirus death toll passes 300,000

Cases: 233,151 (+1.50%)
Deaths: 33,614 (+1.29%)

Friday 15 May 2020

Guardian BMA backs teaching unions' opposition to schools reopening

BBC Coronavirus infection 'R' rate in UK creeps up

Cases: 236,711 (+1.53%)
Deaths: 33,998 (+1.14%)

Saturday 16 May 2020

Guardian Gavin Williamson says school reopening based on 'best scientific advice'

BBC Williamson urges reopening of schools in England

Cases: 240,161 (+1.46%)
Deaths: 34,466 (+1.38%)

Sunday 17 May 2020

Guardian £84m pledged to produce a working vaccine as death toll rises by 170 to 34,636

BBC UK daily death figure dips to lowest since day after lockdown

Cases: 243,303 (+1.31%)
Deaths: 34,636 (+0.49%)

Monday 18 May 2020

Guardian London care homes report possible fresh Covid-19 outbreaks

BBC Five and overs in UK now eligible for test

Cases: 246,406 (+1.28%)
Deaths: 34,796 (+0.46%)

Tuesday 19 May 2020

Guardian Up to 1,500 English primary schools to defy 1 June reopening plan

BBC No guarantee of quick economic bounceback, warns Sunak

Cases: 248,818 (+0.98%)
Deaths: 35,341 (+1.57%)

Wednesday 20 May 2020

Guardian UK scientists must not be blamed for giving advice, says Royal Society head

BBC UK track and trace system in place from June – PM

Cases: 248,293 (–0.21%)
Deaths: 35,704 (+1.03%)

Thursday 21 May 2020

Guardian Johnson forced to drop NHS surcharge for migrant health workers

BBC NHS fees to be scrapped for overseas health staff and care workers

Cases: 250,908 (+1.05%)
Deaths: 36,042 (+0.95%)

Friday 22 May 2020

Guardian Business groups brand UK's quarantine plan for arrivals 'isolationist'

BBC Quarantine plans for UK arrivals unveiled

Cases: 254,195 (+1.31%)
Deaths: 36,393 (+0.97%)

Saturday 23 May 2020

Guardian Grant Shapps backs Dominic Cummings over lockdown breach

BBC Dominic Cummings rejects calls to quit as PM's chief adviser

Cases: 257,154 (+1.16%)
Deaths: 36,675 (+0.77%)

Sunday 24 May 2020

Guardian No apology, no explanation: PM bets all on Cummings

BBC Boris Johnson backs key aide Dominic Cummings in lockdown row

Cases: 259,559 (+0.94%)
Deaths: 36,793 (+0.32%)

Monday 25 May 2020

Guardian Dominic Cummings refuses to resign or apologise for lockdown breach

BBC I don't regret what I did, says Dominic Cummings

Cases: 261,184 (+0.63%)
Deaths: 36,914 (+0.33%)

Tuesday 26 May 2020

Guardian Tory revolt grows as minister resigns over Dominic Cummings' lockdown trip

BBC Hancock to 'look at' family lockdown fines

Cases: 265,227 (+1.55%)
Deaths: 37,048 (+0.36%)

Wednesday 27 May 2020

Guardian Boris Johnson tells MPs inquiry into Cummings would be waste of officials' time

BBC UK PM faces MPs' scrutiny over senior aide row

Cases: 267,240 (+0.76%)
Deaths: 37,460 (+1.11%)

Thursday 28 May 2020

Guardian Government rejected radical lockdown of England's care homes

BBC Lockdown easing to allow groups of six to meet

Cases: 269,127(+0.71%)
Deaths: 37,837 (+1.01%)

Friday 29 May 2020

Guardian Constituents bombard MPs with tens of thousands of emails over Dominic Cummings

BBC UK chancellor denies lockdown easing 'reckless'

Cases: 271,222 (+0.78%)
Deaths: 38161 (+0.86%)

Saturday 30 May 2020

Guardian Dominic Cummings has broken Covid-19 policy trust, say top scientists

BBC Shielders in England allowed outdoors again from Monday

Cases: 272,826 (+0.59%)
Deaths: 38,376 (+0.56%)

Sunday 31 May 2020

Guardian Health officials make last-minute plea to stop lockdown easing in England

BBC Lockdown easing in England 'modest' – Jenrick

Cases: 274,762 (+0.71%)
Deaths: 38,489 (+0.29%)

Monday 1 June 2020

Guardian Critics round on No 10 over 'ridiculous' rules for 14-day quarantine

BBC Primary schools back but mixed picture on turn-out

Cases: 276,332 (+0.57%)
Deaths: 39,045 (+1.44%)

Tuesday 2 June 2020

Guardian Keir Starmer warns PM: get a grip or risk second wave of coronavirus

BBC Deaths at lowest level since March

Cases: 276,332 (+0.57%)
Deaths: 39,045 (+1.44%)

Wednesday 3 June 2020

Guardian Priti Patel urged to publish scientific advice behind UK quarantine move

BBC UK quarantine plans and £1,000 penalties confirmed

Cases: 279,856 (+0.67%)
Deaths: 39,728 (+0.84%)

Thursday 4 June 2020

Guardian NHS test-and-trace system 'not fully operational until September'

BBC Face coverings to be mandatory on public transport

Cases: 281,661 (+0.64%)
Deaths: 39,904 (+0.44%)

Friday 5 June 2020

Guardian Official death toll passes 40,000 as infection R rate rises to between 0.7 and 1 in England

BBC UK passes 40,000 coronavirus deaths

Cases: 283,311 (+0.59%)
Deaths: 40,261 (+0.89%)

Saturday 6 June 2020

Guardian Serco wins Covid-19 test-and-trace contract despite £1m fine

BBC NHS trust bosses not consulted over new face mask rules bbc

Cases: 284,868 (+0.55%)
Deaths: 40,465 (+0.51%)

Sunday 7 June 2020

Guardian Charities raise alarm as thousands face poverty

BBC Lockdown delay 'cost a lot of lives', says science adviser

Cases: 286,194 (+0.47%)
Deaths: 40,542 (+0.19%)

Monday 8 June 2020

Guardian UK ministers face legal challenge for refusal to order PPE inquiry

BBC UK daily deaths drop to pre-lockdown level

Cases: 286,194 (+0.47%)
Deaths: 40,542 (+0.19%)

Tuesday 9 June 2020

Guardian Coronavirus leaves one in 10 UK charities facing bankruptcy this year

BBC All primary pupils no longer going back to school

Cases: 289,140 (+1.03%)
Deaths: 40,883 (+1.07%)

Wednesday 10 June 2020

Guardian Boris Johnson takes briefing after Neil Ferguson says lockdown a week earlier would have halved death toll

BBC UK economy could be among worst hit of leading nations, says OECD

Cases: 290,143 (+0.35%)
Deaths: 41,128 (+0.60%)

Thursday 11 June 2020

Guardian NHS unable to trace contacts of 33% of people with coronavirus

BBC Young hit hardest by lockdown financial squeeze

Cases: 291,409 (+0.44%)
Deaths: 41,279 (+0.37%)

Friday 12 June 2020

Guardian R value for all regions close to 1

BBC Government sued over care home deaths 'disgrace'

Cases: 292,950 (+0.53%)
Deaths: 41,481 (+0.49%)

Saturday 13 June 2020

Guardian Beijing reimposes lockdown measures after new Covid-19 outbreak

BBC 'Support bubbles' begin in England and NI

Cases: 294,375 (+0.49%)
Deaths: 41,662 (+0.44%)

Sunday 14 June 2020

Guardian Scientists report flaws in WHO-funded study on 2-metre distancing

BBC Consumers 'should shop with confidence', says PM

Cases: 295,889 (+0.51%)
Deaths: 41,698 (+0.09%)

Monday 15 June 2020

Guardian Covid-19 can damage lungs of victims beyond recognition, expert says

BBC Shoppers rush to the High Street as England stores reopen

Cases: 296,857 (+0.33%)
Deaths: 41,736 (+0.09%)

Tuesday 16 June 2020

Guardian Johnson makes U-turn on free school meals after Rashford campaign

BBC Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug

Cases: 298,136 (+0.43%)
Deaths: 41,969 (+0.56%)

Wednesday 17 June 2020

Guardian Government to fund private tutors for English schools

BBC Matt Hancock's social distancing slip-up caught on camera

Cases: 299,251 (+0.37%)
Deaths: 42,153 (+0.44%)

Thursday 18 June 2020

Guardian Government confirms its contact-tracing app will be ditched

BBC UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model

Cases: 300,469 (+0.41%)
Deaths: 42,288 (+0.32%)

Friday 19 June 2020

Guardian Over 1,000 deaths a day: UK ministers accused of downplaying Covid-19 peak

BBC Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says all children 'will return to school in September'

Cases: 301,815 (+0.45%)
Deaths: 42,461 (+0.41%)

Saturday 20 June 2020

Guardian Rishi Sunak hints 2-metre rule will be relaxed

BBC What is a second wave and is one coming?

Cases: 303,110 (+0.43%)
Deaths: 42,598 (+0.30%)

Sunday 21 June 2020

Guardian Covid-19 affects BAME youth mental health more than white peers – study

BBC Government to 'bring forward proposals' on reducing 2m social distancing rule

Cases: 304,331 (+0.40%)
Deaths: 42,623 (+0.08%)

Monday 22 June 2020

Guardian Coronavirus shielding scheme to be eased in England from 6 July

BBC Confirmed cases in UK fall to pre-lockdown level

Cases: 304,331 (+0.40%)
Deaths: 42,623 (+0.08%)

Tuesday 23 June 2020

Guardian Easing several lockdown rules at once could boost virus, say UK scientists

BBC Lockdown to be relaxed in England as 2m rule eased

Cases: 306,210 (+0.30%)
Deaths: 42,927 (+0.66%)

Wednesday 24 June 2020

Guardian Life almost as we know it: England's lockdown changes on 4 July

BBC Human trial of new vaccine begins in UK

Cases: 306,862 (+0.21%)
Deaths: 43,081 (+0.36%)

Thursday 25 June 2020

Guardian Europe's cases surge since lockdowns eased; 1,000 Qatar World Cup workers test positive

BBC Europe virus cases rise 'for first time in months'

Cases: 307,980 (+0.36%)
Deaths: 43,230 (+0.35%)

Friday 26 June 2020

Guardian More young people infected with Covid-19 as cases surge globally

BBC Coronavirus death rate falling in hospitals

Cases: 309,360 (+0.45%)
Deaths: 43,414 (+0.43%)

Saturday 27 June 2020

Guardian Met promises to act on illegal parties that flout regulations

BBC Holiday bookings 'explode' as travel restrictions ease

Cases: 310,250 (+0.29%)
Deaths: 43,514 (+0.23%)

Sunday 28 June 2020

Guardian Risk of death in UK care homes 13 times higher than in Germany

BBC Number of virus infections tops 10m worldwide

Cases: 311,151 (+0.29%)
Deaths: 43,550 (+0.08%)

Monday 29 June 2020

Guardian Leicester coronavirus outbreak: mayor 'frustrated' with ministers

BBC Leicester lockdown: Coronavirus restrictions could be extended

Cases: 311,965 (+0.26%)
Deaths: 43,575 (+0.06%)

Tuesday 30 June 2020

Guardian Muddled messaging over Leicester lockdown leaves locals baffled

BBC Leicester lockdown: Police given 'minimal guidance' on new restrictions

Cases: 312,654 (+0.22%)
Deaths: 43,730 (+0.36%)

Wednesday 1 July 2020

Guardian Data reveals coronavirus hotspots in Bradford, Barnsley and Rochdale

BBC Local lockdowns: Misleading claims circulate online

Cases: 313,483 (+0.27%)
Deaths: 43,906 (+0.40%)

Thursday 2 July 2020

Guardian UK set to award Covid-19 testing contracts worth £5bn to private bidders

BBC School safety plans will keep groups apart

# Cases: 283,757 (–9.48%)
Deaths: 43,995 (+0.20%)

Friday 3 July 2020

Guardian Beauty sector angry and puzzled as pubs reopen, but not salons

BBC Pubs can't open in England until 6am as lockdown eased

Cases: 284,276 (+0.18%)
Deaths: 44,131 (+0.31%)