Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now.
Boris Johnson is “still in intensive care” but “continues to make positive steps forward”, Dominic Raab has said.
The prime minister has spent three nights in intensive care at St Thomas’ Hospital in
London while being treated for coronavirus.
Raab has been deputising deputising for Johnson chaired a Cobra emergency committee this afternoon to discuss the lockdown measures
Johnson was last seen in public clapping for NHS workers in Downing Street last Thursday before his admission to hospital on Sunday evening.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the first big breakthrough in Johnson’s health on Thursday, when he said the PM was now “sitting up in bed” and “engaging positively” with medics.
A total of 7,978 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the
UK as of 5pm on Wednesday, Raab told the Downing Street press conference today.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Follow HuffPost UK on Twitter here, and on Facebook here.Related... How Racism And Inequality Have Left Minorities Most At Risk From Covid-19