The number of people to die from coronavirus has risen by 119, bringing the overall official death toll to 45,878. The latest figure, announced by the Department of Health and Social Care, includes those who died in all settings, such as care homes.
Yesterday seven deaths were reported, and today's daily increase is a slight increase from 115 last Tuesday. A further 581 cases were confirmed in labs, bringing the overall number of people to test positive for the virus since the start of the pandemic to 300,692.
Earlier today health authorities announced that 12 patients had died in UK hospitals, with all the fatalities reported in England. Follow all coronavirus updates in our live blog A week ago 115 people died in all settings across