The number of people who have died in hospital in the UK after contracting coronavirus has reached 26,545. An additional 205 deaths have been recorded overnight in hospital settings in Britain - the lowest total since March.
The total number of deaths involving Covid-19 that have been registered across the UK in all settings currently stands at 33,021.
This includes 29,710 deaths that occurred in England and Wales up to April 24 (and which had been registered up to May 2), according to the Office for National Statistics.
But today’s figures from NHS England show that a further 3,782 hospital patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 died between April 25 and May 9 – which, together with the total figure of 33,021 registered deaths,