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Britain's Johnson Makes 'Good Progress' in Virus Recovery

Agence France-Presse

   LONDON - Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson was making "very good
   progress" Saturday in his recovery in a hospital from coronavirus,
   officials said, as the country's death toll from the disease approached
   the grim milestone of 10,000.

   The 55-year-old leader was spending his second full day out of
   intensive care at London's St. Thomas' Hospital, where he has been able
   to take short walks between periods of rest, according to Downing
   Street.

   "The prime minister continues to make very good progress," a No. 10
   spokeswoman said.

   News of his improvement contrasted with the latest official statistics
   showing Britain recorded nearly 1,000 daily COVID-19 deaths for the
   second consecutive day, one of the worst rates globally.

   The health ministry announced another 917 coronavirus hospital patients
   had died in the latest 24-hour period, down from the toll on Friday but
   still the country's second highest yet.

   An 11-year-old was among the victims, according to England's National
   Health Service (NHS).

   As of Saturday evening, the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the
   U.K. was 9,892, while the number of confirmed cases climbed to 79,874,
   according to Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center in
   Baltimore, Maryland. The actual number of cases was thought to be
   higher, because not everyone has been tested for the virus.

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