The number of people who have died from coronavirus in the UK has risen to 29,427. Speaking at today's Downing Street briefing, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab confirmed another 693 people had lost their lives from the disease across the country.
The death toll includes fatalities in hospitals, care homes, and the wider community. Mr Raab added that as of 9am on Tuesday, there have been 1,383,842 tests in total after another 84,806 tests in the past 24 hours.
Of those tests, 4,406 new cases have been reported across Britain. Earlier today, it was revealed that another 436 people in UK hospitals had lost their lives from Covid-19, taking the total to 24,780 - but the true total is far higher.
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