Five-year-old child becomes Britain’s youngest victim as nation suffers worst day yet in coronavirus crisis with 708 dead including 40 with no underlying health conditions to take total to 4,313 but infections are stabilising says government expert

– The infant, who had underlying health issues, is the youngest victim to die with the disease in the UK
– The amount of tests fell to 9,406, whereas the last two days recorded more than 10,000 daily tests
– Deaths in Scotland rose 46 to 218, Wales rose by 13 to 154 and Northern Ireland rose eight to 56
– Prof Neil Ferguson braced public for weeks more of high cases, but said lockdown could be relaxed in May