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The United Kingdom, which is on its way to becoming the European country most affected by the coronavirus, has registered 739 new deaths on Friday , bringing the total to 27,510 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Minister of Health.

The country, which has been increasing the number of tests it performs daily for weeks , exceeded 122,000 on the last day of April, Minister Matt Hancock also announced at the daily press conference on the crisis.

The United Kingdom began on Wednesday to include in its balance sheet the deaths from coronavirus that occurred in homes, nursing homes and other centers, so the figures shot up, making it the second most affected country in Europe, behind Italy. This Friday Italy has exceeded 28,000 deaths. With the new counting system, the UK surpassed Spain's total death toll on Wednesday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed general confinement on March 23, which was later extended until May 7. Now under strong pressure to relax the measures, his Executive is building a new strategy consisting of carrying out massive tests, tracking the contacts of infected people and imposing specific quarantines .

Against this background, Hancock had promised in early April to reach 100,000 daily diagnostic tests by the end of the month . So this Friday he was pleased to have achieved it, announcing that on Thursday the 122,347 test was reached. "I want to say that my team has worked tirelessly day and night and I am very proud of what they have achieved," said the minister, who was the target of much criticism in recent days when it seemed that the goal would not be reached.

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