The UK's confirmed coronavirus death toll has risen by 377 in 24 hours, the Department of Health has confirmed.
It brings the number of lives lost to the killer disease to 37,837.
It is an increase on the 338 deaths announced a week ago, but a slight decrease from 428 two weeks ago, on May 14.
Earlier today health authorities confirmed that a further 213 people had died in UK hospitals.
The 185 who died in hospitals in England were aged between 28 and 99, with five having no known underlying health conditions.
New analysis this morning showed the UK has suffered the highest coronavirus death rate in the world when excess deaths are taken into account.
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The country has seen 59,537 more deaths than usual since March 20, three days before the lockdown was announced.
This means the virus has directly or indirectly killed 891 people per million, analysis by the Financial Times suggests.
That is a higher death rate than any other country providing detailed data, including Italy and the US.
More than 88,000 people died across England and Wales in April, which means it is the worst month for deaths since records began.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in April last year 44,123 people died.
The Government said it was 'wrong and premature' to draw conclusions at this stage and claimed excess deaths should take age into consideration.
Downing Street told the Financial Times: "We will, of course, learn lessons from our response to this virus, but these must be drawn from an accurate international analysis in the future."
There is grounds for hope as new data showed the number of new infections has fallen by 15,000 in a fortnight.
Office For National Statistics data shows around 133,000 people on average were carrying the virus over a two week period.
The ONS estimates that 0.24% of people not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings in England tested positive for Covid-19 from 11 May to 24 May 2020.
The 133,000 figure is down from the 137,000 (0.25%) estimated between May 4 and May 17 and the 148,000 (0.27%) estimated between April 27 and May 10.
