The official UK coronavirus death toll has passed 36,000 after a further 233 fatalities were recorded.
Health authorities have confirmed there were 187 deaths in England, nine in Wales and 37 in Scotland linked to the virus.
Northern Ireland is yet to release its daily figures.
But when factoring in deaths at home and in the community, the overal total has been increased by 338.
The Department of Health's official toll has just been released and now stands at 36,042.
In its update today, NHS England said a 14-year-old was amongst the latest to lose their lives.
The government is today facing fresh questions about its plans for a test, track and trace operation to help manage the spread of the virus.
Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the House of Commons that the system will be operational in time for June 1, when the government wants children to start to return to schools.
But NHS bosses today warned that time is running out to get the system in place and avoid a possible second wave of the virus.
Earlier today drug firm AstraZeneca today said it could make up to a billion doses of a potential vaccine under development in Oxford.
Up to 30 million doses of the vaccine being worked on by AstraZeneca and Oxford University could be available to the UK by September, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has previously said.
It comes as the global coronavirus case count passed the five million mark after the largest daily jump in global infections.
