A five-year-old child has become Britain's youngest coronavirus victim as 708 more people lost their lives on the deadliest day yet - bringing the total to 4,353. At the COVID-19 government briefing Michael Gove said: "Our thoughts today are with the family of the five-year-old child with underlying health conditions who's tragically died".
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The young victim is now believed to be the youngest Covid-19 death in Europe after a 12-year-old girl passed away in Belgium earlier this week.
Previously, Britain's youngest coronavirus victim was "very healthy" 13-year-old Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, who died in hospital in London on Monday.
The NHS confirmed the oldest patient who died in 24 hours was aged 104 and 40 of the latest virus victims had no existing medical issues.
Meanwhile, positive coronavirus cases have today risen from 38,168 to 41,903, the Department of Health revealed.
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