The virus was first confirmed in the UK at the end of January. Numbers are now increasing rapidly, and Sunday saw daily confirmed cases jump by more than 2,400 compared with the previous day.
In the UK there are more than 19,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and at least 1,228 people who have tested positive have died.
Most of the deaths in the UK have been in England, primarily in London. The capital has seen more than 400 fatalities so far
