The number of people who have died from coronavirus in the UK has risen to 28,131.
Speaking at today's Downing Street briefing, Housing Minister Robert Jenrick confirmed another 621 people had lost their lives from the disease across the country
The death toll includes fatalities in hospitals, care homes, and the wider comminuty.
Today's number is down slightly from yesterday's daily death toll, which was 739.
Mr Jenrick said: "Sadly of those tested positive for coronavirus... 28,131 have now died.
"That's an increase of 621 fatalities since yesterday."
It means the UK is just short of Italy's coronavirus death toll.
Italy, which is the worst affected country in Europe from the disease, said a total of 28,236 people have lost their lives.
Earlier today, it was revealed that another 370 people died in hospitals across England, a rise of 18 from yesterday's death toll of 352, while there were 44 in Wales.
Northern Ireland has confirmed 11 fatalities in the past 24 hours, while Scotland reported a further 44.
The numbers show a continuing trend of the number of hospital deaths slowly falling. A week ago, 711 deaths were reported in England, with 784 on Saturday April 18.
NHS England said the latest victims were aged between 38 and 100, and 25 - the youngest a 41-year-old - had no known underlying health conditions.
Today's figure is less than half the single-day record - 953 - reported on April 10.
NHS England has released a regional breakdown showing where the most recent fatalities happened, with the North East and Yorkshire seeing the highest number.
- East of England - 51
- London - 51
- Midlands - 63
- North East & Yorkshire - 89
- North West - 64
- South East - 32
- South West - 20
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK is past the Covid-19 peak - but England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty warned the country was "nowhere near the end of the pandemic".
The latest figures come after 427 deaths were announced yesterday, with 482 on Thursday, 610 on Wednesday and 653 on Tuesday.
Elsewhere, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Wales has passed 10,000, health officials have announced.
Public Health Wales figures show the total amount of Covid-19 cases grew by 183 to 10,155 on Saturday, while a further 44 deaths brought the number of people who have died after testing positive to 969.
Dr Chris Williams, incident director for the Covid-19 outbreak response at PHW, said Wales appeared to have passed the peak of new cases, but repeated the warning that the public had to stay at home.
Dr Williams said: “We seem to have passed the peak and flattened the curve of new cases of Covid-19 in Wales, which appears to be an indication of the effectiveness of lockdown measures.
“We are currently working with the Welsh Government to determine the best approach for when the lockdown is eventually eased.
“In the meantime, social distancing rules remain in effect. Public Health Wales fully supports Welsh Government’s revised stay-at-home regulations. The message has not changed - anyone can get coronavirus, anyone can spread it. Stay home, protect the NHS, and save lives.”
