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A further 887 people have died after contracting coronavirus in the UK over the last 24 hours.

On Thursday (April 9), 41 deaths were announced in Wales, as well as 765 confirmed by NHS England and 81 in Scotland.

It means the total number of people to die after testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK now stands at 7,984, excluding figures for Northern Ireland.

The Northern Ireland daily figure has not yet been announced.

While the UK death toll is less than Wednesday's figure of 938, it is still one of the highest daily totals of the outbreak so far.

According to NHS England, those who have died of the virus were aged between 24 and 103 years old.

Of the 765 patients in England, 43 of them - aged between 33 and 99 years old - had no known underlying health conditions.

A total of 18 NHS trusts in England have announced at least 100 deaths so far, including University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

How do the figures compare to other countries?

In Italy, 971 people died from Covid-19 on the worst day of the pandemic on March 28. On Wednesday (April 8), Italian officials reported 542 new deaths, lower than the 604 the previous day.

In Spain, 950 fatalities were recorded on its deadliest day on Friday, April 3, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

On Thursday (April 9), it reported 683 deaths - a drop from 757 reported 24 hours earlier.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he hoped they have passed the worst of the outbreak and that the "fire starts to come under control".

On Wednesday, it was also reported that 541 deaths were reported in France, bringing their overall number of deaths to 10,869.

Meanwhile in the USA, New York now has more cases of Covid-19 than any other country.

On April 7 1,799 deaths were confirmed, bringing the total to 14,297.