UK Covid-19 confirmed death toll rises by 215 to 38,376

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said 38,376 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Friday, up by 215 from 38,161 the day before.

In the 24-hour period up to 9am on Saturday, 127,722 tests were carried out or dispatched with 2,445 positive results.

Overall, a total of 4,171,408 tests have been carried out and 272,826 cases have been confirmed positive.

Mr Dowden said the Government wanted to "re-establish some normality in other parts of our lives" as he announced the return of live sport.

He told the Downing Street daily briefing: "For more than two months after sport stopped and after weeks of round-the-clock discussions with medical experts and professional sports bodies, I'm delighted to announce today that the Government has published guidance which allows competitive sport to resume behind closed doors from Monday at the earliest."

He said that: "Football, tennis, horseracing, Formula 1, cricket, golf, rugby, snooker and others are all set to return to our screens shortly."