The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 787 more people in UK hospitals, a slight decrease on last week's figure.
In English hospitals 681 more people died, 25 in Wales, 60 in Scotland and 17 in Northern Ireland.
Yesterday a further 865 more people lost their lives to the disease in UK hospitals, with the grim tally rising by 1,058 the day before that.
The record daily increase for hospital deaths is 1,185, which was set on January 20.
Last Saturday 825 people patients died of Covid-19.
In a sign that the country is heading in the right direction in terms of its pandemic response, cases are now falling.
The number of coronavirus cases rose by 29,079 yesterday - but that increase is down almost 30% from last week.
The Office for National Statistics Infection Survey found the equivalent of 1.02 million people, or 1.9% of the population had the virus between these dates.
In a bid to keep case numbers falling police have been slapping lockdown restriction breachers with hefty fines.
Two friends were handed a £200 coronavirus fine each for making an "unnecessary" trip to the park.
The pair were fined for breaching coronavirus regulations on their visit to Bede Park in Leicester’s West End on Thursday.
Officers spoke to the two people at the park at about 6.30pm and fined them after they admitted their journey was ‘unnecessary’.
The police spoke to more than ten people at the park but those two were the only people fined.
