The number of people who have died after contracting coronavirus in the UK has jumped by 621 in 24 hours.
It brings the total number of people who have died in hospital with Covid-19 to 4,934 as of 5pm on Saturday
As of 9am on Sunday, a total of 195,524 people have been tested of which 47,806 tested positive.
The figures announced by the Department of Health marked a smaller increase than the past few days, with a jump of 708 being announced on Saturday.
It comes as Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said two more people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Scotland, bringing the total deaths there to 220.
The new figures show the number of new people tested daily in the UK for coronavirus is back above 10,000.
A total of 12,334 new people were reported as being tested in the 24 hours to 9am April 5.
The equivalent figure for yesterday had slipped below 10,000, having previously been above 10,000 for two days in a row.
The total number of people in the UK tested since the outbreak began – 195,524 – is the equivalent of around 293 people in every 100,000, or 0.3% of the population.
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has taken 15 days to go from just over 5,000 (5,018 as of 9am March 21) to nearly 50,000 (47,806 as of 9am April 5).
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