The number of deaths in the UK involving coronavirus has passed 40,000, according to new figures.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have today released new data looking at all Covid-19 deaths.
And the PA news agency said that according to its analysis of the statistics, the number of deaths in the UK involving coronavirus has now passed 40,000.
The total includes new figures published this morning by the Office for National Statistics.
These figures show that 35,044 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in England and Wales up to May 1 (and had been registered up to May 9).
The latest figures from the National Records of Scotland, published last week, showed 2,795 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Scotland up to May 3.
And the latest figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, also published last week, showed 516 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Northern Ireland up to May 6.
Together these figures mean that so far 38,355 deaths have been registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, including suspected cases.
A further 1,678 hospital patients in England who had tested positive for Covid-19 died between May 2 and May 10, according to figures published on Monday by NHS England - which, together with the total figure of 38,355 registered deaths, indicates the overall death toll for the UK is just over 40,000.
The ONS data also paints a grim picture for what has been happening in care homes.
There were 8,312 coronavirus-related care home deaths registered up to May 1 in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics said, with nearly 40% of fatalities in a week linked to the killer virus.
Data shows there were more than 1,500 care home deaths in the final week of April alone.
