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Three more people die with coronavirus in UK

Three more people have died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the official death toll to 41,369.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have been 56,800 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

The Government also said that as of 9am on Monday, there had been a further 713 lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Overall, a total of 319,197 cases have been confirmed

Earlier it was reported that two further people had died with Covid-19 in English hospitals, with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland reporting no new deaths on Monday.

It brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in the country's hospitals to 29,460, according to NHS England.

The patients were aged 81 and 86, and both had known underlying health conditions. No deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reported 26 new coronavirus infections on Monday, while Public Health Wales said 14 more people had tested positive for the virus since the last update.

The figures announced by regional authorities differ from the Government numbers given later in the day, because they only include deaths in hospitals.

UK hospital staff (AP)

It comes as travel experts warned that Croatia could become the latest popular holiday destination to be added to the coronavirus quarantine list, as cases in the country rose above the UK Government's benchmark.

Croatia has passed the threshold of 20 infections per 100,000 people in a seven-day period, at 21.5, recording 162 new infections on Sunday alone. It has seen 6,571 Covid-19 cases and 166 deaths so far.

The news could leave around 20,000 British tourists potentially scrambling to get home.

Travel expert Paul Charles, of the PC Agency, tweeted that Croatia was "not looking too healthy'" and shared data that suggested Croatia was behind Spain and France in terms of new cases over a seven-day period.

A hospital worker in the UK (AP)

"Many people have been asking where they can go for a late summer holiday" he tweeted. "Having crunched the data, I’d recommend Italy and Turkey before the end of August.

"Greece will not be added to the quarantine list this week but Croatia is not looking too healthy."

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