UK coronavirus death toll rises to 30,615

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The UK's coronavirus death toll has risen by 30,615, the foreign secretary Dominic Raab has confirmed.

Speaking at the government’s daily briefing from Downing Street, Mr Raab said the number of fatalities had increased by 539 across a 24 hour period.

He added that the R rate - or the rate of reproduction for the virus - remained below one, settling between 0.5 and 0.9.

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