LONDON (

The U.K. said Sunday 14 more people have died from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of fatalities in the country to 35.

Meanwhile, 1,372 people have tested positive for the virus, the Department of Health said.

Speaking to Sky News earlier in the day, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the government would in the near future ask all over 70-year-olds to self-isolate for up to four months in order to protect themselves from the virus.

“We will be setting it out with more detail when it is the right time to do so,

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