The number of coronavirus patients to die in UK hospitals has risen by 21 in the past 24 hours to 33,191.
It is the lowest Sunday figure since the start of the lockdown in March, with 27 deaths confirmed a week ago.
The number is a significant drop from the 84 deaths reported yesterday, although there is often a reporting lag at weekends.
The tragic figure was revealed by health services, as the worldwide death toll nears 500,000.
Health authorities in Wales confirmed two more Covid-19 patients had died, bringing the number of hospital fatalities in the country to 1,504.
Northern Ireland's death toll rose by one to 550.
No fatalities were recorded in Scotland in the past 24 hours.
Figures from the Johns Hoskins Coronavirus Resource Centre reveal that the UK has the third highest number of Covid-19 fatalities in the world.
Only the US and Brazil have suffered more confirmed coronavirus-linked fatalities since the start of the pandemic.
Yesterday there were 84 hospital deaths, with 100 confirmed in all settings.
It comes as the government warns that Leicester could be put back in lockdown after a spike in the number of infections.
Today Boris Johnson warned that the pandemic is far from over, and called on Brits to stick to social distancing laws.
The Prime Minister - who has been criticised over the speed at which he's lifting social distancing restrictions - told the Mail on Sunday: "You may think that you are immortal, that you won’t be a sufferer, but the bug you carry can kill your family and friends.
"I don’t want a second lockdown but wherever there is a local outbreak, whether in Ashfield or Anglesey, we will empower the local authorities to quarantine everyone who has got it, test back to the moment of infection and make the necessary closures."
Sir Jeremy Farrar, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, predicted a "true second wave will come in the winter months, in October, November."
He warned the next three months are "absolutely critical" to prevent the "national catastrophe" that has killed more than 50,000 people repeating itself.
