The number of infected people is currently 201,101, with 6,111 diagnosed in the last 24 hours, he said.
13,615 people remain in hospitals, 307 fewer than on Tuesday.
The United Kingdom is currently the country with the highest number of deaths in Europe, after having overtaken Italy on Tuesday.
The British Prime Minister told MPs in the House of Commons today that it is too early to make international comparisons of mortality, but admitted that “there will be a time to analyze the decisions we have taken and whether we could have made different decisions”.
Although the number of deaths in hospitals is declining, nursing homes continue to record a high number of deaths, something that Boris Johnson acknowledged was problematic.
“There is an epidemic in nursing homes that is something I deeply regret and that we have been trying to stop for weeks,” he revealed in the first speech in parliament since he was diagnosed with the new coronavirus, which resulted in his hospitalization.
The prime minister confirmed that he will announce on Sunday a plan to end the confinement in force since March 23, with some measures going into effect the following day.
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