Prime Minister Boris Johnson is 'improving' and is 'sitting up in in bed' in hospital, where he is being treated for coronavirus.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak provided the update on the PM's condition as he hosted this evening's Downing Street coronavirus press conference.
He began the briefing with an update on the on the leader's health, saying Mr Johnson is "improving" and receiving “excellent care from the NHS" at St Thomas' Hospital in London.
The daily briefing is being delivered on the UK's darkest day of the pandemic so far, as the death toll climbed by the highest leap yet.