The Department of Health and Social Care has updated the total number of deaths from Covid-19 of people in hospitals in the UK to 10,612, as of 5pm Saturday, a daily rise of 737.
On Saturday, there had been 9,875 hospital deaths recorded in the UK, with a day-on-day rise of 917.
As of 9am 12 April, 352,974 tests have concluded, with 18,000 tests on 11 April, the department said. 282,374 people have been tested of which 84,279 tested positive.
While the daily increase of deaths has slowed, it is unclear how high the actual daily death toll is, as many deaths are being reported days or even weeks after they have occurred.
