The UK has reported 373 coronavirus cases and 6 deaths. Here's what we know about how the virus is spreading across Britain.

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• The UK had reported 319 coronavirus cases and six deaths linked to the virus as of Tuesday morning.
• A sixth person died on Tuesday after two others passed away on Monday.
• A health minister in Boris Johnson's government has tested positive for the virus.
• The UK markets are taking a battering as the COVID-19 virus continues to spread across the nation.
• The UK's chief scientific adviser said that coronavirus outbreaks may become an annual event and that a vaccine is unlikely to be created this year.
• Johnson's government expects to virus to "spread in a significant way" in the coming days and weeks.
• Officials are considering plans to order the public to work at home for at least three months.
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The UK has reported a total of 373 coronavirus cases and six deaths linked to the virus.

A patient in their early 80s with underlying health conditions passed away on Tuesday after testing positive for coronavirus, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust announced. 

Two people died on Monday after catching the virus. Three people with underlying health conditions died last week.

Nadine Dorries, a health minister in Boris Johnson's UK government, on Tuesday evening revealed that she had tested positive for coronavirus and was in isolation.

Johnson's government expects the virus to "spread in a significant way" in the coming days and weeks, his spokesperson said on Monday afternoon.

The coronavirus causes a respiratory disease known as COVID-19. More than 4,000 people have died and more than 110,000 others have been infected worldwide, mostly in China. Cases have been recorded in at least 105 countries.

The UK has seen a rising number of cases of "community spread": people with no known exposure to others with the virus or travel history to countries where outbreaks have been reported.

For the latest global case total, death toll, and travel information, see Business Insider's live updates here.

Kieran Corcoran and Alison Millington contributed reporting to this post.

A minister in Boris Johnson's government has caught coronavirus

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UK health minister Nadine Dorries has caught coronavirus.

Dorries, a minister in Boris Johnson's government, announced on Tuesday evening that she was in isolation after first experiencing COVID-19 symptoms last week.

She had interacted with the prime minister in the days leading up to her diagnosis.

373 people in the UK have tested positive for COVID-19 and 6 people have died

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A new figure of 373 positive cases was published on the official gov.uk website at around 2 PM GMT on Tuesday

In total six people have died in the UK after having contracting COVID-19. 

A patient in their 80s becomes is the sixth person to die after catching coronavirus

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A patient in their early 80s with underlying health conditions has died after testing positive for coronavirus, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust said on Tuesday.

They are the sixth person in Britain to pass away after catching the COVID-19 virus.

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