Coronavirus: Number of UK deaths rise by 259 – taking total to 1,028

UNITED KINGDOM

Another 259 people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total to 1,028.

The vast majority of those were in England, where a further 246 deaths means a total of 935 people have died.

NHS England said the victims were aged between 33 and 100, and all but 13 of them had underlying health conditions.

Scotland has had seven more deaths, bringing the total to 40.

There have been four more fatalities in Wales, bringing the total to 38.

Northern Ireland has had 15 deaths after two more people who tested positive for the disease died.

The highest number of deaths in one area was at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in England where 16 people died. Fifteen of the deaths were at the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust.