NEARLY 4,000 people have now tested positive for coronavirus in the UK.

Figures released by the Department of Health and Social Care show that, of 9am on March 20, a total of 66,976 have been tested.

Out of that, 62,993 have come back negative and 3,983 registered as positive.

As of 1pm on March 20, 177 patients who tested positive for coronavirus have sadly died.