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- A family have paid tribute to a 51-year-hospital matron who has died.
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- Sara Trollope, of Carpenders Park, died at Watford General Hospital in the early hours of Good Friday.
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- She had tested positive for coronavirus.
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- The closest members of Sara's family have paid tribute to the NHS nurse who was a hospital matron at a mental health unit at Hillingdon Hospital.
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- Read more in the link in the live blog below.
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- Earlier today, the UK Covid-19 death toll passed 10,000, the Department of Health confirmed.
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- The Government said 10,612 hospital patients in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus have died.
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- Earlier today, NHS England announced 657 further deaths of patients in hospitals who had tested positive for coronavirus.
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- It takes the death toll in England to 9,594.
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- In better news, Downing Street has announced that the Prime Minister has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at Chequers.
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- Boris Johnson spent three nights in intensive care before returning to his ward on Thursday.
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- He has now been given the all-clear to leave hospital.
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- In Hertfordshire, the number of recorded cases has risen to 1,267 (as of Saturday), placing the local authority behind London, Birmingham, Hampshire, Kent, Essex, Lancashire, and Surrey.
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- There have been more than 140 deaths in Hertfordshire of patients who tested positive for the virus.
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- At today's daily press briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it was a "sombre" day as the number of people who have died in hospital in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus passed 10,000.
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- Mr Hancock said across Great Britain 19,945 had been admitted to hospital with symptoms of coronavirus.
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- He added: "Today marks a sombre day in the impact of this disease as we join the list of countries who have seen more than 10,000 deaths related to coronavirus.
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- "The fact that over 10,000 people have now lost their lives to this invisible killer demonstrates just how serious this coronavirus is and why the national effort that everyone is engaged in is so important."
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- For further updates throughout the day, see our live blog below.
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