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The number of people who have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has risen to 40,883 – an increase of 286 over 24 hours.
Since the end of April, the government’s daily announcement has included people in care homes and the community, rather than just in hospital, who have died.
But only those who had tested positive for Covid-19 are included, meaning anyone who died with a suspected case won’t be recorded.
The figures cover the period up to 5pm on Monday.
It comes after the number of people who have died in hospitals across the UK, as well as care homes in Wales, after contracting the virus rose by 145 in 24 hours.
That increase consisted of 129 hospital patients in England, seven people in Scotland and nine hospital patients and care home residents in Wales. Northern Ireland reported no new deaths for the third day in a row.
Meanwhile, as of 9am on Tuesday, 5,870,506 people have been tested for coronavirus, with 289,140 coming back positive. In the 24 hours up to 9am, 102,930 tests were carried out, yielding 1,387 positive results. The government continues to report as “unavailable” the actual number of people tested – a significant proportion of people are tested more than once, so the daily figure is likely to be well under 100,000.