Another 359 people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus. The total number of people who have died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community with the virus as risen to 39,728.
In the 24-hour period up to 9am on Wednesday, 171,829 tests were carried out or dispatched with 1,871 positive results. A total of 4,786,219 tests have now been carried out with 279,856 cases confirmed positive.
Earlier NHS England announced 179 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 27,044.
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