The UK has been plunged into lockdown - meaning a new challenge for the people of Coventry and Warwickshire.

The number of people with Covid-19 in the region continues to rise, as the Midlands death toll passes 50.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has now revealed people must stay at home for all but a few good reasons, to stop the spread of the virus.

This comes less than two days after two more deaths at the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton.

It takes the total number of deaths in the region to four.

Meanwhile, families and businesses are coming to terms with schools closing on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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