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Evening Standard
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Sean Morrison, Harriet Brewis, Imogen Braddick

UK coronavirus LIVE: Outbreak 'not past peak' as lowest daily Covid-19 hospital death toll recorded since March

An ambulance passes an NHS tribute painted on a window in Glasgow (Picture: PA)

The chief medical officer for England has said the country is not “consistently” past the peak of coronavirus deaths.

Professor Chris Whitty said "the trend overall is a gradual decline" but added: "We’re definitely not consistently past the peak across the whole country at this point in time."

It comes after Boris Johnson​ said the UK is "beginning to turn the tide" against the coronavirus pandemic as the death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients increased by its lowest amount since the end of March .

The UK death toll in hospitals jumped by 360 as of 5pm on Sunday, Matt Hancock said at the Downing Street press briefing.

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