CORONAVIRUS cases today hit 2,626 in Britain in the biggest daily leap yet – with 72 already killed by the deadly bug.

Cases jumped by 676 cases in 24 hours while Scotland recorded another death today.

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A nine-month-old boy in Manchester is just one of the latest cases reported this week while a baby in Norfolk was confirmed with the virus.

It's the biggest leap yet with Boris Johnson today expected to make a decision over school closures in England as Scotland and Wales announced their schools would be closed by the end of the week.

The parents of Cassian, Myroslava and Callum Caotes, were then stunned when staff put a “big sign up” near them which read “suspected case”.

Cassian, who is just nine-months-old, was then assessed by a doctor who confirmed he had the symptoms and said: “Yeah, it’s the coronavirus strand.”

Meanwhile, the UK’s youngest coronavirus victim was last night named as 45-year-old Craig Ruston – as his devastated wife paid an emotional tribute.

The "amazing" father-of-two, from Kettering, Northants, who had motor neurone disease, succumbed to the killer bug in hospital yesterday.

Boris this week announced drastic new measures in an attempt to slow the spread of the bug – with confirmed cases worldwide today topping 200,000 worldwide.

The PM last night promised a £350bn 'war-time' bailout to stop coronavirus from wrecking the economy.

His people’s bailout will be the biggest rescue package in peacetime.

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The PM has warned the nation to avoid pubs, theatres, restaurants and all social gatherings.

And he cautioned last night: "I stress that although the measures announced are already extreme, we may well have to go further and faster in the coming days to protect lives and the NHS."

Brits were this week advised to work from home where possible as the Foreign Office advised against all non-essential foreign travel for at least 30 days.

And while schools remain open, Boris dropped a heavy hint they could be closed within day.

Parents are already choosing to keep their kids off school.

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No10 sources also said they were in discussions about whether to postpone crucial exams.

Downing Street suggested there could be a skeleton service where the kids of key workers such as NHS staff will continue to be taught to allow their parents to carry on working.

Sainsbury's will today limit sales of every item in its stores in an attempt to stamp out panic-buying.

Last night, Tesco began cutting opening times for hundreds of 24-hour stores, which will now operate from 6am to 10pm.

It came as a fresh wave of panic-buying set in across the country with supermarket shelves stripped bare in minutes.

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