A seven-year-old child is among the latest coronavirus victims in England, the NHS says. NHS England announced the heartbreaking news as it confirmed 174 new hospital deaths on Tuesday.
The 174 victims were aged between seven and 102. Six had no known underlying health condition. Those victims were aged between 45 and 90.
The UK's coronavirus death toll was set to officially pass 35,000 after 227 more fatalities in hospitals were confirmed. In addition to 174 deaths in England, Scotland had 29, Wales reported 17 and Northern Ireland had seven as fatalities in hospitals continued to trend downwards.
The latest figure is down considerably from the previous Tuesday totals of 425 on May 12, 453 on May 5, 653 on April 28, 873 on April 21 and 744