Coronavirus has claimed the lives of 94 more hospital patients in the UK in a sharp drop on last week.
Across the four nations there were 74 deaths in English hospitals, nine in Wales, three in Northern Ireland and eight in Scotland.
By way of comparison, last Friday 162 people died of Covid in UK hospitals, 199 the Friday before and 352 the week before.
Yesterday another 109 patients died of Covid-19, which was slightly more than half the toll last Thursday.
In all settings 125,926 people have lost their lives within 28 days of testing positive for the virus.
While the daily hospital death figures seem to be going in the right direction, there have been several localised outbreaks in recent weeks.
It was reported yesterday that England's worst Covid hotspot has seen new cases rise by nearly 50 per cent in just a week, latest figures show.
Corby in Northamptonshire has a rate of 191.1 infections per 100,000 people, up from 130.2 in the previous seven days.
It is one of 124 places in the country where the number of infections went up in the seven days to Sunday.
Melton and Richmondshire also saw massive rises - with the rate in the latter more than three times higher than it was the previous seven days.
Of 315 local authority areas in England, 183 saw rates fall, while eight remain unchanged.
It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his "roadmap" to bring the country out of Covid restrictions was "on course", despite issues with vaccine supply.
He also tried to sooth people's fears surrounding the safety of the AstraZeneca jab.
He stated from a briefing at Downing Street: "The Oxford vaccine is safe, the Pfizer vaccine is safe, the thing that isn't safe is catching Covid."
He said that with more than 25 million people vaccinated, there is "no change" to his roadmap, stating: "We remain on track to return to the things we love."
