coronavirus in the last 24 hours. According to the latest figures, released by the Department for Health on Sunday, there were 5,693 new lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the UK recorded in the last 24 hours.This brings the overall number of cases confirmed to 434,969.While the virus has claimed the lives of a further 18 people in hospitals across the UK.Of those, 17 people who tested positive for the disease have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 29,908, NHS England said on Sunday.Patients were aged between 49 and 93 and all, except one aged 59, had known underlying health conditions.