The number of lab-confirmed coronavirus cases is continuing to rise in the UK with a further 3,330 people testing positive in 24 hours, as of 9am today. (Sunday)
The government's coronavirus dashboard said 368,504 cases have now been confirmed.
It also said a further five people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday. This brings the UK total to 41,628.
There are now 884 patients in hospital with coronavirus and 79 are on ventilators in the UK.
The latest figures (last updated on September 2) show there had been an increase of 141 hospital admissions.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been 57,400 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
Earlier, NHS England said five people who tested positive for coronavirus had died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,661.
Patients were aged between 67 and 86 and all had known underlying health conditions.
The dates of the deaths were September 11 and September 12.
No deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.
The numbers of new positive tests was marginally lower than Saturday, when there were 3,497 lab-confirmed positive cases of coronavirus in 24 hours - the second consecutive day figures remained high.
A total of 244 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland in the past 24 hours, the latest Scottish government figures show – the highest daily figure since May 6.
The statistics show that 22,679 people have now tested positive in Scotland, up from 22,435 the day before.
This is 3.7 per cent of newly-tested individuals.
No deaths of confirmed Covid-19 patients have been recorded in the past 24 hours and the number of fatalities remains at 2,499.
There are 259 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus, down by two in 24 hours.
Of these patients, seven were in intensive care, down one.
In Wales, there's been a further 162 coronavirus cases bringing the total there to 19,390.
Public Health Wales said no further deaths had been reported, with the total number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic remaining at 1,597.
