The number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK has risen to 35,704.
The death toll is up by 363 from 35,341 at the same point yesterday.
In the 24-hour period up to 9am on Wednesday, 177,216 tests were carried out or dispatched, with 2,472 positive results.
Overall a total of 2,962,227 tests have been carried out, and 248,293 cases have been confirmed positive.
NHS England has announced 166 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 25,080.
Of the 166 new deaths announced today 31 occurred on May 19, 63 occurred on May 18 and 17 occurred on May 17. The figures also show 48 of the new deaths took place between May 4 and May 16, five deaths occurred in April and the remaining two deaths took place in March, with the earliest death on March 24.
The patients were aged between 33 and 99 and five had no known underlying health conditions.
In Wales, a further 14 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths in Wales to 1,238.
In Scotland, 50 more people have died after testing positive for coronavirus. This bring their death toll to 2,184.
In Northern Ireland, the death toll has risen to 494 after five more deaths were reported.
The Department of Health's death toll includes people who died in hospitals as well as in the wider community - but it does not include suspected cases of Covid-19, only confirmed ones.
