News One Brit now dying from coronavirus every 13 minutes as death toll nears 600 The shocking statistic comes as a review looks into NHS protective equipment, with 4,300 beds taken up, and police put road blocks in place to better enforce the lockdown Share Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe We will use your email address to send you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for more information on how we use your data and your data protection rights. Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

A coronavirus patient dies every 13 minutes in the UK - with the daily death count having topped 100 for the first time yesterday.

One hundred and thirty-three people died in the last 24 hour period, it was announced on Thursday afternoon.

The deadly pandemic has now killed a total of 578 in Britain since the first known cases in January, while 11,658 have tested positive with Covid-19.

This comes as figures show 4,300 beds in NHS hospitals have already been taken by virus patients as doctors, nurses and other medical staff work round the clock.

Roadblocks were put in place to catch motorists flouting the lockdown, with police to fine drivers if they do not have essential reasons for travel. Figures show a coronavirus patient dies every 13 minutes in the UK (Image: Jeremy Selwyn / Evening Standard / eyevine) Read More