MORE than 4,900 people have died across the UK as the confirmed number of coronavirus cases nears 48,000.

The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed that as of 9am on April 5, a total of 195,524 people have been tested for the virus.

Of those, 47,806 tested positive.

As of 5pm on April 4, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 4,934 have died.