UK records highest daily death toll from coronavirus at 854

Data likely to raise concerns as figure approaches deadliest days so far in Italy and Spain

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The UK has experienced its highest daily number of recorded coronavirus deaths - 854 - a figure beginning to approach the toll on the deadliest days so far in Italy and Spain.

NHS England reported on Tuesday that a further 758 people who had tested positive for the virus had died in its hospitals, while the total was announced as 74 for Scotland, 19 in Wales and three in Northern Ireland.