The number of lives lost to Covid-19 in the UK has risen by 58, bringing the death toll since the start of the pandemic to 126,573.
A further 4,715 people tested positive for the virus in 24 hours, the Department of Health confirmed - down from last week.
It is the lowest Saturday figure since October 3 last year, when 51 deaths were confirmed.
It comes as the Prime Minister said his "roadmap" to easing lockdown restrictions was still on course.
A week ago the government confirmed 96 people had died within 28 days of contracting the virus, while a fortnight ago the figure was 121.
A month ago, on February 27 - also a Saturday - there were 290 Covid deaths announced.
Last Saturday 5,312 new infections were recorded, down slightly from the 5,534 a week earlier.
The Prime Minister earlier said in a speech to the Conservative spring conference: "As things stand, I can see absolutely nothing in the data to dissuade me from continuing along our roadmap to freedom, unlocking our economy and getting back to the life we love."
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said yesterday that infections in England are no longer falling - having levelled off at an estimated 1 in 340 people.
England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said earlier this week that a slowdown in steep drops in infection rates was to be expected after schools reopened on March 8.
Analysis by The Mirror yesterday found that 122 areas in England had recorded a rise in Covid cases since schools reopened.
Six areas saw the number of infections more than double while one - Eastbourne in Sussex - recorded nearly four times more infections in the seven days to Monday than they did in the week before restrictions eased.
The figures come as England gets ready to ease restrictions further after the weekend, with the "stay at home" restriction set to be lifted and people allowed to meet outdoors in groups once more.
In total 122 areas in England saw Covid cases rise - 38 per cent of the 315 local authority areas in the country.
Six - Warrington, Cannock Chase, Merton, South Cambridgeshire, East Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - saw the number of cases recorded in seven days remain the same.
On March 7 - the day before lockdown restrictions began to be eased with schools reopening - 33 areas had an infection rate of more than 100 cases per 100,000.
Latest data shows that has not changed dramatically, with 32 recording rates of 100 or more.
Yesterday the government announced that the UK's coronavirus R rate has risen slightly to between 0.7 and 0.9.
R represents the average number of people each Covid-19 positive person goes on to infect.
When the figure is above 1, an outbreak can grow exponentially, but when it is below 1, it means the epidemic is shrinking.
An R value between 0.7 and 0.9 means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 7 and 9 other people.
