Britain's coronavirus daily death toll today dipped slightly to 847, fuelling hopes that the UK's fatality curve is finally flattening after days of uncertainty.
Fewer than 900 deaths have been recorded in British hospitals for six days in a row, suggesting the darkest days of the crisis could now be behind us.
April 10 was Britain's deadliest day with 980 deaths - it was the worst day on record for any country in Europe only recording hospital deaths, overtaking Spain's previous high of 950 on April 3.
The UK's coronavirus death toll now stands at 14,576 but it is feared thousands of hidden victims are being missed because of a delay in recording hospital fatalities and the failure to include ones in care homes.
The country has so far recorded 108,692 cases with 5,599 testing positive recently.
