Another 360 people with coronavirus have died in UK hospitals – the lowest daily increase in confirmed deaths in four weeks.
A total of 21,092 hospital patients have now died in the UK after testing positive for COVID-19, the Department of Health said.
It came as Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the families of each frontline NHS or social care worker who dies with coronavirus will receive a £60,000 payout.
The latest confirmed deaths include a 29-year-old who had no known underlying health conditions.
It is the smallest daily increase in COVID-19 deaths in UK hospitals since 30 March when 180 deaths were confirmed. It is also the smallest percentage increase on the previous day to date at 1.7%.
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Earlier, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK is "beginning to turn the tide" in the fight against the virus, but he insisted it was not the time to relax the nationwide lockdown.
In England, 329 more coronavirus patients were confirmed to have died in hospitals, taking the country's total to 18,749.
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A further 13 COVID-19 deaths in hospitals in Scotland were announced, with its total now at 1,262.
Wales reported another eight people with the virus had died in hospitals there, as the country's total rose to 796.
And in Northern Ireland, coronavirus deaths in hospitals increased by 10 to 309.
The figures do not include deaths in the community, such as those in care homes, with experts voicing concerns they are going "under the radar".
Health authorities in the four UK nations record their own daily figures, which may not tally with the government's overall UK total because they collate their numbers at different times throughout the day.
The latest coronavirus deaths in hospitals in England included:
- 87 in London
- 55 in the Midlands
- 55 in the North East and Yorkshire
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