The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus hit 100,000 as Christians around the globe marked a Good Friday unlike any other. 9News
The UK death toll from COVID-19 has meanwhile risen by 980 to 8958, health minister Matt Hancock says, its biggest daily rise to date.
The prime minister's rapid health decline shook the country earlier this week, but he came out of three nights of intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital on Thursday .Mr Hancock urged Britons not to leave their homes over the Easter holidays, during which hot weather is expected. The speed of transmission and the severity of the infection are the key differences between COVID-19 and the flu.
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