UK recorded 980 daily deaths to surpass their previous record of 938.
The United Kingdom (UK) Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) disclosed this in a tweet on its official Twitter account.
According to the tweet, the total number of people that have died of COVID-19 so far in the UK is 8,958.
“As of 9am 10 April, 316,836 tests have concluded, with 19,116 tests on 9 April.
“256,605 people have been tested of which 73,758 tested positive.
“As of 5pm on 9 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 8,958 have sadly died,” DHSC tweeted.
DAILY POST recalls that DHSC had on Thursday provided an update on COVID-19 in the UK.
