coronavirus have been recorded by the Department of Health in the last 24 hours. The new data from the Department of Health and Social Care takes into account fatalities in hospitals, care homes and the wider community.The death toll now stands at 44,819 - up from 44,798 the previous day.Today's figures are around the same as last Sunday's daily deaths increase which was 22 and are lower than that of June 28 which saw a rise of 36.A further 650 people have tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 289,603.The number of cases is slightly up compared to last Sunday's 516.More than 11.9m tests have now been carried out in the UK with 207,387 tests made available yesterday.NHS England reported that a further.