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		</div><p>The number of people who have died after contracting coronavirus in the UK passed 1,000 as it was revealed another Cabinet minister has been forced to self-isolate.</p>
<p>The jump in Covid-19-related deaths in the UK from 759 to 1,019 is an increase of 260 – by far the biggest day-on-day rise in the number of deaths since the outbreak began.</p>
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<p>More than 120,000 coronavirus tests have taken place, with more than 17,000 positive results.</p>
<p>The latest figures come after Scottish Secretary Alister Jack revealed he had developed mild symptoms of coronavirus and was self-isolating.</p>
<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is already having to lead the response to the pandemic from Downing Street after he was diagnosed with the disease.</p>
<p>He has been accused of failing to follow his own social distancing rules after Health Secretary Matt Hancock tested positive and England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty began self-isolating with symptoms.</p>
<p>In other developments this weekend:</p>
<p>– NHS workers began being tested for coronavirus at a temporary drive through testing station in the car park of Chessington World of Adventures in Chessington.</p>
<p>– Photos revealed the inside of the ExCel centre in London which is being made into a temporary hospital with two wards, each for 2,000 people, to help tackle the coronavirus response.</p>
<p>– The British Red Cross said evictions of asylum seekers from Government accommodation are to be halted amid fears about the disease.</p>
<p>– Police urged motorcyclists to stay out of the countryside and told them they cannot claim it is part of their permitted daily exercise under lockdown rules.</p>
<figure id="attachment_152438" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-152438" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1F4F33BA-8C55-405B-B50E-C1422E68CEC2.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="407" class="size-full wp-image-152438" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-152438" class="wp-caption-text">A member of the Royal Military Police ensure motorists are complying with Government restrictions in North Yorkshire</figcaption></figure>
<p>The total number of deaths is 34% higher than the equivalent figure on Friday and the largest day-on-day percentage increase since March 18, when the total rose from 71 to 104 (46%).</p>
<p>It took 13 days for the number of deaths in the UK to go from one to more than 100. It has taken a further 10 days for the total to go from more than 100 more than 1,000.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the number of people tested in the UK for coronavirus was 120,776 as of 9am on Saturday March 28.</p>
<p>Just under 50,000 tests (47,958) were carried out in the seven days to 9am on Saturday. In the previous seven days the number of tests was 35,072.</p>
<p>The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK now stands at 17,089, as of 9am on Saturday.</p>
<p>One week ago, on March 21, the total stood at 5,018.</p>
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