A further 587 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the UK, while new Covid cases have dropped by a third in a week. It is the lowest Sunday rise in three weeks, with 610 fatalities and 30,004 new cases announced last Sunday.
21,088 Covid-19 new cases were recorded today - down by a third on last Sunday. It comes after 622 new Covid hospital fatalities were announced today.
Some 563 patients died in English hospitals, 34 in Wales, six in Scotland and 19 in Northern Ireland. Yesterday coronavirus claimed the lives of 787 more UK patients, with 865 dying the day before that.
The record daily increase for hospital deaths is 1,185, which was set on January 20. Last Sunday Covid-19 claimed the lives of 682 people in hospital.