A total of 30,615 people have now died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, the Department of Health has said.
The death toll is up by 539 from 30,076 at the same point yesterday.
The total number of confirmed cases is now up to 206,715 - a rise of 5,614 from 201,101 at the same point yesterday.
More than one million people have now been tested for the virus in the UK and a total of 86,583 tests were carried out yesterday, the latest figures reveal.
NHS England has announced 383 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 22,432.
– 58 occurred on May 6
– 120 occurred on May 5
– 29 occurred on May 4
The figures also show 29 of the new deaths took place on May 1-3, 131 took place in April, while the remaining 16 deaths occurred in March, with the earliest new death taking place on March 19.
In Wales, a further 18 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths there to 1,062.
In Scotland, a total of 1,762 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus, up by 59 from 1,703 on Wednesday.
The Department of Health releases a daily death toll which includes deaths in the community as well as those in hospital.
However it is lower than the weekly death toll announced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as it does not include suspected cases - only cases where people have died after testing positive.
The latest figures from ONS show that there were 29,648 deaths in England and Wales as of April 24, compared to 22,173 deaths for the same period recorded by the Department of Health.
The criteria for people eligible for testing has been expanded to include all staff and residents at care homes, anyone over the age of 65 with symptoms and anyone who has to leave home for work with symptoms.
