A further 358 people have died of Covid-19 in hospitals in the UK. In England, 327 more people lost their lives, while there were 14 deaths in Wales, 12 in Scotland and five in Northern Ireland.
Of the new deaths in England, 56 occurred on May 2, 125 on May 1 and 43 occurred on April 30, with the remainder taking place throughout April and March.
The 327 patients who died were aged between 46 and 101 years old, with 17 of them - aged between 47 and 97 years old - having had no known underlying health condition.
The delay in reporting is due to the speed of post-mortem examinations and of the test result validation process. Sadly the real number of lives lost to Covid-19 will be higher when the Department of Health confirms it later, as the