The number of Covid-19 patients to die in the UK has risen by 494 to 33,186 in the past 24 hours, the Department for Health confirmed.
Of the deaths that occurred in hospitals, 244 were in England, 61 in Scotland, 22 in Wales and two in Northern Ireland - a total of 329.
Today's overall number is a reduction of 133 on yesterday's confirmed 627 deaths, while hospital deaths fell by 96.
A reporting lag because of the Bank Holiday weekend could be partly to blame for yesterday's totals being high.
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases since the start of the outbreak in the UK stood at 229,705 this morning, officials said.
A further 3,422 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, with 87,063 tests carried out yesterday - still short of the 100,000-a-day target the government pledged would be in place at the end of last month.
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In a statement NHS England said those who died were aged between 49 and 99, with four having no known underlying health conditions.
The number of deaths of hospital patients with Covid-19 by region are as follows:
- East of England - 32
- London - 33
- Midlands - 51
- North East & Yorkshire - 43
- North West - 44
- South East - 28
- South West - 13
- Scotland - 61
- Wales - 22
- Northern Ireland - 2
Boris Johnson today admitted at least 275 healthcare workers have died with coronavirus in a 'deeply horrifying' official death toll.
The Prime Minister said there have now been 144 NHS workers and 131 social care workers whose deaths involved Covid-19.
Earlier today Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed 61 deaths, bringing the country's overall number of coronavirus fatalities to 1,973.
Speaking at First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament, she announced 13,929 people in Scotland have now tested positive for the virus, a rise of 166 from 13,763 the day before.
As of Tuesday night, 1,534 patients were in hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19, down 84 from 1,618 the previous day, Ms Sturgeon added, of which 70 are in intensive care.
Figures released yesterday revealed more than 8,300 people had died in English and Welsh care homes by the end of last month after contracting Covid-19.
And new figures released by the Office for National Statistics suggest the UK's true death toll is more than 40,000.
In care homes, the decline in the number of deaths has been slowest, the figures show.
ONS statistician Nick Stripe told the BBC: "Care homes (are) showing the slowest decline, sadly.
"For the first time that I can remember, there were more deaths in total in care homes than there were in hospitals in that week."
The highest proportion of coronavirus deaths was among those aged between 80 and 84, with 36.7% of fatalities linked to the virus, today's ONS figures showed.
The largest number of Covid-19 deaths was in those aged 90 years and over, with 1,494 deaths.
