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UK lists 151 COVID-19 deaths, 19,790 new cases

LONDON, Oct 25 (KUNA) -- Britainآ’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak hit 44,896 on Sunday after 151 new fatalities were registered in the past day, health ministry data showed.
Some 19,790 new infections raised the total in one of the worldآ’s worst-hit nations to nearly 874,000, according to government figures.
In Wales, the government has imposed a two-week lockdown in an effort to contain spiraling infection rates, ordering everybody to stay at home, in addition to a ban on all forms of social gatherings.
Welsh First Minister Mark Darkeford has said the new curbs had to be "sharp and deep" in order to reach the desired result, adding that all non-essential businesses have been ordered shut. (end) kd.nam