coronavirus in 24 hours, according to the latest figures. The Department of Health and Social Care said on Tuesday that as of 9am, 1,148 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the UK.Today's number is up by 332 from the day before.This brings the country's total amount of people to have tested positive with coronavirus to 312,789.
The Department of Health has paused the publication of its daily death figures while a review is conducted into how the data is compiled by PHE.
Instead, the Public Health England (PHE) dashboard has been updating the figures.However due to a technical fault, the dashboard will not be updated until tomorrow (August 12).Hospital deaths for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are still being released.
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