The latest coronavirus death toll figures have shown a huge drop in deaths from yesterday as the government confirmed a further 596 fatalities.
That's a drop of 292 deaths on the figures released by the Department of Health and Social Care the day before. Government stats showed that 16,060 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Saturday, the government said, up by 596 from 15,464 the day before.
NHS England has confirmed a further 482 deaths from coronavirus, a large drop on yesterday's figures across the country when 784 deaths were reported.
Meanwhile, Public Health Wales has announced another 41 deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed