Newspaper Article By Indya Clayton dated 2nd May 2020 reporting More than 28,000 people in the UK have now died after testing positive for coronavirus. Of the 182,262 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, 28,131 people have died in hospitals and in the community. This is an increase of 621 from yesterday. Giving an update on the latest testing figures in the daily coronavirus press conference, Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick said 1,129,907 coronavirus tests have been carried out in the UK, including 105,937 on Friday.