UK coronavirus death toll rises by 627 to 32,692

The UK has recorded another 627 deaths among people diagnosed with coronavirus, bringing the total death toll to 32,692.

The Department of Health said that in the 24 hours up to 5pm on Monday, 627 more people had died from Covid-19.

The new figures, which include care home, community and hospital deaths, brings the death toll in the UK to 32,692.

It comes after deaths in UK hospitals jumped by 425 earlier on Tuesday.

The latest hospital figures show there were 350 deaths in England, 50 in Scotland, 16 in Wales and nine in Northern Ireland.

NHS England announced 350 new deaths, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 23,709.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a total of 1,912 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus, up by 50 from 1,862 on Monday.

In Wales, a total of 1,132 people have died after testing positive for Covid-19, according to Public Health Wales (PHW) figures.

Just 210 deaths were announced on Monday, the lowest daily figure since March 26. For comparison, 693 deaths were announced last Tuesday.

It comes as official figures released today by the Office for National Statistics suggest about 40,000 people with coronavirus have died in the UK.

As of May 1, 34,978 people in England and Wales had died with the infection, the ONS said.

Between then and May 10, a further 1,678 in England who had tested positive for the virus have died, according to figures from NHS England.

Nearly 2,800 Covid-19 linked deaths were registered in Scotland up until May 3.

In Northern Ireland, 516 deaths involving coronavirus had been registered by May 6.

The figures put the total death toll in the UK at about 40,000.

There were 8,314 deaths in care homes involving coronavirus reported by care home providers in England to the Care Quality Commission between April 10 and May 8, the ONS said.

Of the 350 new deaths reported in England today, 44 occurred on May 11, 90 occurred on May 10 and 44 on May 9.

The figures also show 92 of the new deaths took place between May 1 and May 8, 76 took place in April, while the remaining four deaths occurred in March, with the earliest new death taking place on March 17.

The figures published today by NHS England show April 8 continues to have the highest number for the most hospital deaths occurring on a single day, with a current total of 887.

Of the 23,709 confirmed reported deaths so far in hospitals in England, 53 per cent have been people aged 80 and over while 39 per cent were 60-79.

A further 8 per cent were aged 40-59, with 1 per cent aged 20-39 and 0.05 per cent aged 0-19, according to NHS England.

The number of deaths announced so far by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust stands at 826, which is the highest number for any trust in England.

Barts Health NHS Trust has announced 570 deaths and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust has announced 555 deaths.