UK’s confirmed COVID-19 death toll tops 30,000 Another 649 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 30,076, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick, said on Wednesday. The figures include deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community. Chairing the Downing Street daily briefing, Jenrick told reporters that 69,463 tests were carried out on Tuesday, with a total of 201,101 people having tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Britain. The latest figures came one day after Britain overtook Italy as the worst-hit country in Europe by the virus. Jenrick insisted that it is too early to make international comparisons about the death toll. “It is difficult to make international comparisons with certainty today, there will be a time for that… “That’s a hard calculation to do with accuracy today,’’ he said About the planned easing of the lockdown, J...