A further 121 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the UK.
It is the lowest Saturday rise since October 10, when 81 fatalities were announced, and it is significantly less than the 158 deaths declared last Saturday.
Meanwhile the country's hospital death toll increased by 133 today - a decline of 36 per cent on the daily total last Saturday.
The overall number of Covid deaths can sometimes be lower than the daily update for hospitals as the two figures are calculated differently.
English hospitals reported 118 new fatalities, Scotland had eight, Wales recorded six and Northern Ireland had one.
By comparison, the tolls announced on recent Saturdays were 208 on March 6, 293 on February 27, 355 on February 20, 513 on February 13 and 675 on February 6.
The record number of hospital deaths announced in a single day was 1,185 on January 20, while Britain was in the peak of its second wave of the pandemic.
The latest figures came as Britons are encouraged to take part in a doorstep vigil and moment of silence on March 23 - the day the UK was plunged into its first lockdown a year ago - to remember the victims of Covid-19.
Vaccination teams are reportedly on track to offer every adult at least one jab by June 10.
NHS England reported a further 118 deaths today, bringing the total number of fatalities in NHS hospitals in England to 85,185.
The latest victims were aged between 37 and 99.
All except eight (aged 55 to 96) had known underlying health conditions.
Scotland has recorded another eight deaths from coronavirus and 639 positive tests in the past 24 hours, according to the latest figures.
It brings the death toll under this measure, of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days, to 7,508.
A further six people have passed away in Wales after testing positive within 28 days, taking the country's total toll to 5,442.
Northern Ireland's death toll has increased by one to 2,098, the Department of Health said.
