Nine more people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus within the last 28 days.
Another 1,276 people have also tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
A total of 41,486 people have now died, the Department of Health has announced.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been 57,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
As Friday, August 28, a total of 331,644 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK - up from 330,668 the day before.
NHS England said on Friday that a further 10 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,541.
The patients were aged between 63 and 95 and all had known underlying health conditions.
Another five deaths have been reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.
The patients were aged between 77 and 90, and all had known underlying health conditions.
Public Health Wales said there have been no further reported deaths of people who tested positive for coronavirus in Wales.
The total number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic remains at 1,595 with the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country had increased by 34, bringing the revised confirmed cases to 17,877.
