21 new Covid cases in Milton Keynes in past 24 hours

This makes a total of 1,716 cases in Milton Keynes since the pandemic began. Over the past six days alone, there has been a total of 201 new infections.

There have been 830,998 lab-confirmed cases in the UK, rising by 20,530.

The latest R number is estimated at 1.2 to 1.4 with a daily growth rate range of 3% to 6%

The number of Covid-19 associated UK deaths has been recorded as 44,571, rising by 224 - according to Public Health England.

Nationally, the death toll has been 'recalculated' by officials. The new count is based on a new definition of who has died from Covid-19.

Previously, people in England who died at any stage following a positive test, regardless of the cause of their death, were counted in the figures.

However, there is now a cut off point of 28 days from the first laboratory-confirmed positive COVID test.

The figures for the number of patients recovered from Covid-19 have not been released by Public Health England.

Currently 7,706 patients are in hospitals throughout the UK with Covid and 707 of them are in ventilator beds. Over the past 24 hours 1,056 patients have been admitted.