UK Reports 854 New COVID-19 Deaths In Deadliest 24 Hours Yet

Elderly people wear protective masks as they walk down a street in London, on April 1, 2020. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

Great Britain’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 6,162 after 854 people died from the disease in the past 24 hours, according to various British news outlets, including The Guardian and Grimsby Live.

The new figures represent the UK’s highest daily death toll from COVID-19, the disease caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.