The UK's coronavirus death toll has increased by 61 over the past day in the lowest rise on a Saturday since lockdown was imposed.
It brings the total number of deaths in the country to 45,738.
The number of new cases rose by 767, with the UK's overall count now standing at 298,681.
It comes after a further 25 coronavirus patients died in hospitals in England in the last 24 hours.
This means the total number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths in hospitals has reached 29,272.
The latest hospital fatalities were aged between 52 and 93 years old and all had known underlying health conditions.
Another eight deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.
All of the 25 deaths happened in English hospitals, with no fatalities reported in Scotland or Wales.
Northern Ireland usually doesn't announce any new figures at the weekend.
London reported nine hospital fatalities today - more than any other region in England.
Today's hospital death increase is the highest single-day jump since 28 deaths were announced on July 14.
On recent Saturdays, the death toll increased by 13 on July 18 (the lowest Saturday during the lockdown), 39 on July 11, 44 on July 4, 84 on June 27, and 75 on June 20.
The biggest rise on a Saturday was 917 on April 11, when the UK was going through the peak of the pandemic.
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