The UK has recorded another 363 hospital deaths from COVID-19 today, taking the official total among people who have tested positive to 35,704.
NHS England said 166 people had died in its hospitals, while a further 197 people died in the other three nations and in care homes, private homes elsewhere in the community.
Another 2,472 people have been diagnosed with the virus today, taking the total number of cases to 248,293 - the fifth highest in the world. The government said it had done 177,216 tests in the last 24 hours.
There are 9,953 COVID-19 patients currently in hospitals and 637 were admitted on Monday, May 18, which was down from 711 last Monday.
