Britain today reported an additional 708 deaths from nCoV, up 20% from the previous day, bringing the total number of deaths nationwide to 4,313.

The UK Ministry of Health on the same day confirmed 41,903 nCoV infections across the country, an increase of 3,735 in the last 24 hours. The ministry announced today that it had performed the nCoV test for 183,190 people.

A source familiar with the matter said the UK had the worst scenario with the situation of 50,000 deaths, but the current situation is not so bad.

Health Minister Matt Hancock said it would not rule out reports that predicted the UK could hit a peak on April 12. The source also said on the day of the peak of the epidemic, Britain would record the highest number of deaths in 24 hours since Covid-19 appeared in the country.

Stephen Powis, medical director of the National Health Service (NHS), at a press conference at Downing Street on April 2 warned that the death toll in Britain would continue to rise in "a few more weeks".

The government health adviser predicts that it will be difficult for the UK to relax the blockade until at least the end of May because Covid-19 is affecting more and more seriously. Queen Elizabeth II will give a rare speech to the country on April 5 about the disease situation.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Health Minister Matt Hancock and Prince Charles were all infected with nCoV.

Covid-19 has appeared in more than 200 countries and territories after the onset in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, leaving more than 1.1 million people infected, more than 60,000 died worldwide.