UK Deaths From CCP Virus Top 1,000 as Country Steps up Testing

Medical workers in England on the front line of the CCP virus pandemic started to be tested as the number of CCP virus deaths in Britain topped 1,000.

Workers are pictured outside the Excel Centre while it is being prepared to become the NHS Nightingale hospital as the spread of COVID-19 continues, in east London on March 27, 2020. Simon Dawson/Reuters

Medical workers in England on the front line of the CCP virus pandemic started to be tested on Saturday as the number of virus deaths in Britain topped 1,000 after a record 260 people died in the previous 24 hours.

Government figures showed 1,019 people had died as of 5 p.m. local time on Friday, while the number of confirmed cases stood at 17,089 on Saturday morning, up 17.5 percent on a day earlier.