Another 445 people have died of Covid-19 in the UK, with a teenager with no known underlying health conditions among the grim tally.
According to Department of Health data 10,406 cases were recorded today, the lowest rise on a Saturday since the end of September.
In the past week 78,570 cases were recorded, which is 19 per cent fewer than the week before. Tragically a 16-year-old with no known underlying health conditions died in England, where patients were aged between 16 and 100 and all except four - aged between 16 and 68 - had known underlying health conditions.
Yesterday a further 533 people's death were added to the tally - the lowest Friday toll since the week before Christmas. The youngest person to die on Friday was just