One further coronavirus-related death has been recorded in Bristol over the past 24 hours.
It is the first time in almost two weeks North Bristol NHS Trust - which covers Southmead Hospital - has reported a patient dying after contracting Covid-19, bringing the trust's total to 118.
While University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust, which runs Bristol Royal Infirmary and Weston General Hospital, reported no new deaths from Monday evening. The trust's total stands at 142.
Public Health England's figures published at 4.01pm yesterday (June 16) show Bristol has one further confirmed case of the deadly virus, bringing the city's total to 720.
Meanwhile, North Somerset's cases has remained at 482 since Friday.
And both Bath and North Somerset and South Gloucestershire have not seen an increase for a week (June 9), with the number of cases in these areas standing at 237 and 406 respectively.
The Office for National Statistics released figures today showing the UK's death toll now stands at 53,000. This number is higher than the government's as the authority include all deaths where Covid-19 is mentioned on the death certificate.
While PHE's figures show there has been 41,969 coronavirus-related deaths across the UK after 233 more were recorded today.
This is one of the largest daily increases reported in more than a week. Yesterday, 38 new Covid-19 deaths were recorded.
The figures came on the same day Boris Johnson hailed a new drug as the “biggest breakthrough yet” in the fight against the virus.
It was announced the cost of saving a life with the medication would be just £40.
And the PM vowed the drug will be available on the NHS and the government has "taken steps" to ensure the country has enough supplies for a second peak.
Results of UK trials showed dexamethasone, which is used to reduce inflammation in other diseases such as arthritis, reduced death rates by around a third among the most severely ill of COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital.
