Another 3,105 coronavirus cases confirmed as UK death toll rises by 27

More than 3,000 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK in the last 24 hours.

As of 9am on Tuesday, there had been a further 3,105 lab-confirmed cases, bringing the total to 374,228, the Government said.

A further 27 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Tuesday.

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This brings the UK total to 41,664.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been 57,500 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

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