There have been a further 12,872 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK in the last 24 hours, the Government has announced.It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 480,017.The number of cases have nearly doubled in the last 24 hours, from 6,968 lab cases on Friday.A further 49 people have died after 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of UK deaths to 42,317.Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been nearly 57,900 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.The Government said that due to a technical issue which has since been resolved, there has been a delay in publishing a number of cases.This means the total.