Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The number of newly reported Covid-19 deaths in the UK has dropped to its lowest level for more than seven months.
Four people were reported on Monday (April 19) as having died with 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus. It is the fewest number of deaths to be reported on a single day since September 7 2020.
The figure is not a reliable real-time snapshot of Covid-19 deaths, however. The time between a death taking place and a death being reported is typically longer over weekends, meaning the numbers announced on Sundays and Mondays are usually much lower than those on other days.