More than 1,700 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK in the last 24 hours.The Department of Health has also recorded a further 13 deaths since yesterday, bringing the UK death toll to 41,527.A total of 1,735 tests results have come back positive in the last 24 hours - the highest number of confirmed cases in a day since June 4, and an increase of 227 from yesterday.A total of 340,411 cases have now been confirmed in the UK since the pandemic began.Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been 57,300 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.A further 15 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the.
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