A further 765 patients in the UK have died from coronavirus in the past day, Dominic Raab confirmed, bringing the total national Covid-19 death toll to 26,097.
England saw a further 445 hospital deaths bringing the total number of fatalities to 19,740. A total of 1,415 people have now died of coronavirus in hospital in Scotland, an increase of 83 deaths from Tuesday.
Welsh hospitals saw 73 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 886. Northern Ireland has sadly had X people die of the deadly Covid-19 virus in the last day.
Today marks the first time the government has issued a daily update on the number of deaths within care homes. The Department of Health and Social Care announced a further 3654 people had died