Child tests positive for Coronavirus in Alder Hey children’s hospital

A child at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool has tested positive for coronavirus, the hospital has confirmed.

The age of the child has not yet been confirmed!

It is one of two new cases confirmed by the city council on Thursday, bringing the total in Liverpool to three.

Public Health England (PHE) said the child was not the first in the UK to be diagnosed with the virus.

The number of people in the UK diagnosed with the virus has reached 116.