Britain is still not past the peak, COVID-19 death toll reaches 11,329 in UK

The death toll of those hospitalized in Britain who tested positive for the novel coronavirus reached 11,329 as of Sunday afternoon, marking a daily increase of 717, the Department of Health and Social Care said Monday.

As of Monday morning, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Britain hit 88,621, said the department, adding that 367,667 tests have concluded, with 14,506 tests on Sunday.

Chairing Monday’s Downing Street daily press briefing, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, also First Secretary of State, said the government does not expect to relax or lift the coronavirus lockdown later this week.

“We are still not past the peak,” even though there are some “positive signs” from the data that show “we are starting to win this struggle”, said Raab.

“We don’t expect to make any changes to the measures currently in place at that point and we won’t until we’re confident — as confident as we realistically can be — that any such changes can be safely made,” he said.