- A total of 963 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 19 March mentioned coronavirus – the lowest since October.
- The number of deaths being seen across the UK is below what is expected at this time of year, the Office for National Statistics says.
- A further 56 deaths have been recorded within 28 days of a positive Covid test, according to today’s daily UK figures
- Scotland’s “stay at home” order will be replaced on Friday by guidance to stay local, Nicola Sturgeon says.
- The head of the WHO calls for investigators probing how the pandemic began to look deeper into a theory about a possible laboratory leak.
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson is among 24 world leaders to call for a global treaty to prepare for future pandemics.
- Roughly half of the UK people now have antibodies against Covid, tests conducted by the ONS show.
- Italy introduces a five-day quarantine for EU travellers amid the third wave of infections in many countries.
