More than 150,000 people have died in the UK after contracting Covid-19, latest figures show.
Analysis shows that the death toll stands at 150,011 - based on the number of people who have coronavirus recorded on their death certificates.
It comes after the Department of Health earlier confirmed a further 58 fatalities across the UK.
It is a more comprehensive measure of Covid-19 deaths than the figures published daily by the Government, which include only those who died within 28 days of testing positive, and which currently stands at 126,573.
The new total of 150,011 deaths involving Covid-19 is made up of 149,207 UK deaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, plus a further 804 that are known to have occurred since the latest registration data was published.
Today's daily death figure is the lowest Saturday number since October 3 last year, when 51 deaths were confirmed.
It comes as the Prime Minister said his "roadmap" to easing lockdown restrictions was still on course.
A week ago the government confirmed 96 people had died within 28 days of contracting the virus, while a fortnight ago the figure was 121.
A month ago, on February 27 - also a Saturday - there were 290 Covid deaths announced.
Last Saturday 5,312 new infections were recorded, down slightly from the 5,534 a week earlier.
Analysis by The Mirror yesterday found that 122 areas in England had recorded a rise in Covid cases since schools reopened.
Six areas saw the number of infections more than double while one - Eastbourne in Sussex - recorded nearly four times more infections in the seven days to Monday than they did in the week before restrictions eased.
The figures come as England gets ready to ease restrictions further after the weekend, with the "stay at home" restriction set to be lifted and people allowed to meet outdoors in groups once more.
In total 122 areas in England saw Covid cases rise - 38 per cent of the 315 local authority areas in the country.
Six - Warrington, Cannock Chase, Merton, South Cambridgeshire, East Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - saw the number of cases recorded in seven days remain the same.
On March 7 - the day before lockdown restrictions began to be eased with schools reopening - 33 areas had an infection rate of more than 100 cases per 100,000.
Latest data shows that has not changed dramatically, with 32 recording rates of 100 or more.
Yesterday the government announced that the UK's coronavirus R rate has risen slightly to between 0.7 and 0.9.
R represents the average number of people each Covid-19 positive person goes on to infect.
When the figure is above 1, an outbreak can grow exponentially, but when it is below 1, it means the epidemic is shrinking.
An R value between 0.7 and 0.9 means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 7 and 9 other people.
