Two more people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, in one of the lowest daily death tolls since lockdown began.
The Government said 41,405 people had died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of 5pm on Thursday.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been 57,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
But new cases topped 1,000 again on Friday. The Government said a further 1,033 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the total infections since the start of the outbreak to 323,313.
It comes after regional authorities said five more people died in UK hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus, taking total Covid-19 deaths in hospitals to 34,129.
The hospital death toll given by the regions is calculated differently from the Government's national figures and delays in reporting mean that some deaths are recorded at different times.
All five of the people who died were in England, while Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all reported no further deaths again.
A further 71 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday.
Public Health Wales reported another 34 cases of the virus, while Northern Irish authorities said 20 more people had tested positive.
