coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Latest official figures from the Department of Health confirm that as of 9am there were 2,420 lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19.Overall, 352,550 cases have been confirmed.The amount of people who have died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of September 8, 2020, has also seen a sharp rise.Another 30 coronavirus-related deaths were also recorded in all settings.Figures now show that 41,584 people have now died.There are currently 756 people in hospital with 77 of those patients on a ventilator - with the latter being up by eight on yesterday's number.On Tuesday (September 8) NHS England said a further eight people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England,.