A total of 11,329 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, as of 5pm yesterday, the Department of Health said, up by 717 from 10,612 the day before.
The department said that, as of 9am today, 290,720 people have been tested of which 88,621 tested positive. Overall, 367,667 tests have concluded, with 14,506 tests carried out yesterday.
The figures exclude Northern Ireland. 667 people who tested positive for Covid-19 have died in hospitals in England, bringing the total number of deaths to 10,261, the NHS said.
Of the new deaths announced by NHS England today, 118 occurred on 12 April while 537 took place between 1 April and 11 April.