The number of people whose coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the UK in the past day appears to be the lowest since March.
Across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 360 people have died of Covid-19.
During the past 24 hours there have been 329 coronavirus deaths recorded in England, with people aged between 29 and 100 losing their lives.
Of those 22, including the youngest, had no underlying health conditions.
London had the most deaths (87), followed by the Midlands (55), the North East and Yorkshire (55), the North West (41), the South East (38), the East of England (34) and the South West (19).
In Wales there are 9,280 confirmed cases - a 203 rise compared to yesterday - and a total of 796 people have now died of the coronavirus, which is an increase of eight in 24 hours.
It was reported earlier today that 13 more people have died from coronavirus in Scotland, bringing the country’s overall death toll to 1,262.
The Public Health Agency has reported a further 10 deaths of patients in Northern Ireland who had tested positive for coronavirus.
It brings the total number of Covid-19 linked deaths recorded by the agency to date to 309.
Yesterday the death toll in the UK rose by 368, the lowest daily increase since March.
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In the days prior to that however, between 700 and 850 deaths were recorded daily - suggesting the UK is not out of the woods yet.
Last Sunday the increase was 596, and a week before that it was 737.
The figures published by NHS England show April 8 continues to have the highest number for the most hospital deaths occurring on a single day, with a current total of 857.
This morning Boris Johnson addressed the country outside 10 Downing Street for the first time since coming out of intensive care.
The prime minister stepped outside to deliver his first speech in public since fighting for his life against COVID-19 and being saved by NHS doctors and nurses.
Mr Johnson said social distancing must go on, otherwise the nation would risk "not only a new wave of death and disease, but also an economic disaster".
That, he said, would force the UK to "slam on the brakes" with a nationwide second lockdown.
He added: "I refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the British people and risk a second major outbreak and huge loss of life and the overwhelming of the NHS."
Today's surprise statement was his first public appearance outside 10 Downing Street for almost a month - and his first public appearance of any kind for around two weeks.
The law says Mr Johnson must formally review the lockdown by May 7, next Thursday, with some reports today suggesting he could move sooner.
Mr Johnson hinted there may be some kind of announcement, saying: "The government will be saying much more about this in the coming days."
But officials have made clear the lockdown will not simply end - when it is eased, it will only be relaxed in some ways and not others.
The PM's intervention came as concerns started to rise about a new coronavirus related syndrome that is affecting children.
In a report published by by the Health Service Journal an ‘urgent alert’ issued to doctors about the new syndrome is referred ti, following a rise in cases over the last few weeks.
According to HSJ, the alert said: “[In the] last three weeks, there has been an apparent rise in the number of children of all ages presenting with a multisystem inflammatory state requiring intensive care across London and also in other regions of the UK.
“There is a growing concern that a [covid-19] related inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children in the UK, or that there may be another, as yet unidentified, infectious pathogen associated with these cases.”
The syndrome, which is yet to be named, can cause several unpleasant symptoms, including abdominal pain and cardiac inflammation, according to the report.
