Coronavirus: United Kingdom records 36,675 deaths as at Friday

The United Kingdom has so far recorded 36,675 deaths; following the outbreak of coronavirus, and this include the 282 patients who died on Friday in Britain, with the deaths traced to hospitals, care homes and the wider community

Penpushing reports that British Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, made this known on Saturday during a briefing and announced that the government is investing £283 million ($344.3 million) into the public transport system to increase both frequency and capacity of services while ensuring there is enough space on vehicles to allow for social distancing.

“We now have opportunity to use power of transport to improve longstanding national weaknesses, not just to get through (the crisis) but come out of the recovery stronger by permanently changing how we use transport’’ he said.

Penpushing further reports that, the transport secretary explained that, “transport is not just how we get from place to place, but it shapes the places. The mission is to level up Britain. COVID outbreak must be the catalyst for getting it done.

The transport scribe added that, the funding would be divided into £254 million ($309 million) for buses and £29 million ($35.3 million) for trams and light rail.

The England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Jenny Harries at the Downing Street briefing stated  that deaths are starting to come down, adding that, “We will be looking to expect that to come down further,’’.