The Government said a further 479 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK total to 58,030.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 73,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
The Government said that, as of 9am on Saturday, there had been a further 15,871 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.
It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 1,605,172.
