UPDATE: Milton Keynes has 12 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours

There have been 12 new positive Covid-19 tests in Milton Keynes in the last 24 hours, the total is now 1,515, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

In Buckinghamshire there have been 67 cases today, the total is now 3,189.

There have been 689,257 lab-confirmed cases in the UK, rising by 15,650.

The number of Covid-19 associated UK deaths has been recorded as 43,429, rising by 136 - according to Public Health England.

There have been 844 people admitted to hospital today, and there are 5,311 Covid patients in hospital throughout the UK, with 580 of them in ventilator beds.

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.

On Monday, in an effort to address the rising infection rates, the Prime Minister introduced the three-tier system for local lockdowns, which means different parts of England have been placed into different categories.

Areas in England will now be labelled as medium, high or very high risk, depending on their infection rates, which will inform the “appropriate interventions” needed in each area.

Milton Keynes has been ranked in the "medium" tier.

Read: This is where Milton Keynes has ranked in the government's Covid-19 three-tier system