ryan chilcote has more on that from london. >> jon, spain has overtaken italy as the country in europe with the highest number of confirmed cases, nearly 125,000 confirmed cases. only the united states has more. meanwhile, the death toll in spain keeps rising, approaching 12,000, more than 800 deaths in just the last 24 hours. as tragic as that is, it's actually less than the previous 24 hours and the infection rate also appears to be falling. still spaniards who have already spent three weeks in a national lock down are looking at another three weeks confined to their homes. here in the u.k., where people are in the second week of a national lockdown, the number of deaths over the last 24 hours also hit a new high, with more than 700 people succumbing to the coronavirus. at least one hospital on the outskirts of london is telling people not to go to its emergency ward anymore because it is running out of oxygen. still, like in spain, there is some encouraging news in the u.k., saturday the number of new reported cases fell from the previous day. finally, it was a day of national mourn

the british prime minister has beenoved to intensive care, i'm joined by special correspondent ryan chilcote from his london home. so, ryan, what is the latest? >> well, boris johnson, as we speak, is in intensive care. we learned just a couple of hours ago that he had been moved into intensive care. on march 27th, he announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus. he was then self-isolating at the prime minister's resence. that went onntil satday, when we learned that he was still running government affairs and, on sunday, we learned that he had been admitted to the hospital for -- as aa precautionary sure, we were told, for tests. it was at about 6:00 p.m. toay that we learned that he had been moved from a regular unit inside the hospital into the intensive care unit. he, according to y news, was having trouble breathing and given oxygen. so te has been quite precipitous decline in his health over the last 24 hours, judy. >> woodruff: and we understand, ryan, i guess theres eporting that he is not on a ventilator. is that your understaning? >> that's correct, he's not on a ventilator

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ryan chilcote has more. >> jon, u.s. surpassed both spain and italy now as the epicenter of the pandemic. here in europe more than 900 people passed away from the coronavirus just in the last 24 hours. the death toll is expected to exceed 10,000 on sunday. the concern is that some people this weekend may ignore the national lockdown. it's been in place for three weeks, but it is easter, the easter weekend. a lot of people want to go outside. it is very hot here. the government asking people to stay at home. meanwhile, boris johnson, the first world leader to test positive for the virus is finishing his first week in the hospital. the prime minister spokesman says he's going for short walks in the ward, playing soduku, binge watching the lord of the rings and enjoying scans of his unborn child that his fiance is sending him. sky news is reporting that boris johnson has been telling his friends he owes his life to the hospital staff. he was in the icu. he's out of that now and getting better. meanwhile the queen has just i

ryan chilcote, thank you. news, israeli prime ministerher benjamin netanyahu and rival benny gantz reached a three-year coalition deal, ending a year- long political standoff. netanyahu will serve as prime minister for the first 18fo monthsowed by gantz. that leaves netanyahu in office trial. his upcoming corruption authorities in canada searchedfo answers today, after a gunman killed 18 people in novao scotr the weekend. it was the country's deadliest mass shooting everas the gunmanisguised as an d ficer, attacking some people in their homes, tting fire to other homes. today, prime minister justin trudeau said all of canada is grieving. >> how could this happen? we may never know why. but we do know this. no one man's action can build a wall betweens and a better day, no matter how evil, how thoughtless or howestructive. >> woodruff: the gunman so died, but police gave no details. in afghanistan, officials id taliban attacks killed at least 29 security officers on sunday. the violence came as the two sides ar

ryan chilcote is live in london with much more on these new developments. hi, ryan. >> hi, eric.ese are drastic measures. they say the problem is that the number of people in these mandatory quarantines is just ballooning and there's no other way to keep their eye on all of them. they say that they have no other choice. they are going to start introducing these once they have manufactured them in a couple of weeks' time. of course south korea, you will remember was one of the first countries after china to deal with the crisis. they were praised for their handling of it, doing things like contact tracing, but it hasn't gone away. in fact, it's actually coming back, you may have heard, in some people who already had it. at least that's the way it seems. by the way, everyone arriving in south korea from europe and the u.s. is automatically put in a 14-day quarantine. meanwhile, the lockdown in spain continues. it's been in place for a month now. very strict controls on movement there. they're credited with bringing down the daily increase in numbers of infected people from over 20%

ryan chilcote following the latest from london. hi, ryan. >> reporter: yeah, the u.k.passed both spain and italy now as the pandemic's epicenter here in europe. more than 900 deaths just in the last 24 hours. the total death toll is expected to exceed 10,000 tomorrow, easter sunday. the big concern in the u.k. is of course that this lockdown that has now been in place for three weeks, that people tomorrow it being easter sunday may want to go out for walks and may ignore it. the government has been pleading with people not to do that. meanwhile, boris johnson, you mentioned the first world leader to test positive for the virus is finishing his first week in the hospital, the prime minister's spokesman says he's going for short walks inside the hospital, playing soduku, binge watching lord of the rings and enjoying scans of his unborn child that his fiance is sending him. meanwhile, the queen issued her first ever easter address, first ever in her 68 year old reign telling the country no one has canceled easter but it's important to stay home to keep others safe. >> we