Data from the Office for National Statistics revealed 47,387 had so far died from COVID-19 in England and Wales up to June 5. Combined with the deaths reports in hospitals and the figures for Scotland and Ireland, this surged to 53,077 fatalities throughout the UK. On Tuesday, UK health authorities recorded 41,736 deaths to date.
The number of deaths are falling, but there have been nearly 65,000 "excess" deaths versus the average number of fatalities over the five years for the same period.
Data from the ONS shows there have been 58,693 excess deaths in England and Wales since the coronavirus outbreak began.
When Scotland and Northern Ireland are included, this increased to 64,500 deaths.
NHS England National Director Stephen Powis has previously highlighted the importance of excess deaths, warning these will be the "key measure" in assessing the impact of the killer disease.
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11.05am update: Pound on the rise following two-week lows
Sterling has increased after plummeting to a two-week low in the previous session against the US dollar.'
The pound has slumped almost five percent against the American currency so far this year, but recovered 0.3 percent on Tuesday, hitting $1.2645.
The UK's unemployment rate held steady at 3.9 percent in the three months to the end of April, with businesses looking to the Government's job retention scheme to keep workers employed during the coronavirus lockdown.
10.44am update: William Hague joins calls to scrap two-metre social distance rule
Former Conservative Party leader William Hague has called for the two-metre distancing rule to be scrapped, warning lockdown is an "economic catastrophe".
Writing in the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper, Lord Hague said: "We can now see that it is not necessary to have a two-metre separation between people to keep the virus in retreat where it is already at a low level," he writes.
"We know this from the experience of countries such as Denmark, France and Germany where the recommended distance is shorter, and we should not have to spend weeks agonising over it."
10.22am update: Spain could place UK visitors into quarantine
Spain is considering whether to impose a quarantine on visitors from the UK when it re-opens its borders next week.
The country's Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya told the BBC she hopes Britain will lifts its own restriction, making a reciprocal Spanish one unnecessary.
she said in an advance excerpt from current affairs programme HARDtalk: "We will be in a dialogue with the UK to see whether or not we should be introducing reciprocity as they have different measures than the rest of the European Union."
10am update: Unemployment in Scotland surges as lockdown impact hits
Scotland saw the unemployment rate for people aged over 16 increase 4.6 percent between February and April - a 1.1 percent increase on the previous quarter.
The data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows this is higher than the UK unemployment rate of 3.9 percent.
This also showed the number of people aged 16 to 64 in employment during the three month period fell to 74.3 percent - a drop of 0.6 percent on the prior quarter.
9.35am update: UK public will be 'rightfully very unforgiving' if second wave strikes
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Breakfast: "We need to make sure that what we do next doesn't mean that we end up in a situation where the virus comes back in a very big way again.
"People would be, I think rightly, very unforgiving about the second spike."
He added: "We've just had this big unlock of non-essential shops yesterday, we know the next big date is not before July 4.
"At that time we will be expected to take a judgement call on things like the social distancing rules."
9.20am update: UK records 64,500 excess deaths during pandemic
Around 64,500 more people than usual have died in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.
ONS head of health analysis Nick Stripe tweeted: "Across the UK about 52,000 deaths have mentioned COVID with 64,500 'excess' deaths."
9am update: Ukranian President's wife in hospital with coronavirus
The wife of Volodymyr Zelensky has been admitted to hospital with coronavirus.
Last week it was announced Olena Zelensky had tested positive for COVID-19 but that her husband and two children had not.
This morning it was confirmed she has been moved to hospital where she is said to be in a stable condition and not requiring additional oxygen.
the presidential office said in a statement: "The president's wife is in isolation and doctors are observing her."
8.27am update: Beijing ramps up travel controls amid second wave fears
China's capital Beijing has banned high-risk people, such as contacts of those that have been infected with coronavirus - from leaving the city.
All outbound taxi services, as well as some long-distance bus routes, have also been suspended.
This comes as a new cluster of coronavirus cases began to emerge on Thursday, and have been linked to Beijing's largest wholesale market.
The Chinese capital had not seen any new COVID-19 cases for more than 50 days.
8.22am update: UK food chains in plea to Boris for more help
Restaurant and food chains in the UK, including Pizza Hut and Wagamama, have warned Boris Johnson the sector faces huge job cuts without more help.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, organised by Deliveroo and backed by 90 firms, they warned if social distancing measures remain in place, they will need action on tax, rents and other support.
They said without more help, the sector faced "grave damage"
8.15am update: UK workers on payrolls plummets by more than 600,000
The number of UK workers on payrolls fell by 612,000 between March and May as the coronavirus lockdown heavily impacted the country's labour market.
But the figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the unemployment rate remained broadly the same at 3.9 percent over the three months to April.
Jonathan Athow, deputy national statistician at the ONS, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the fall in the number of people on payrolls is an "early indicator" of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the labour market.
He warned "we haven't quite seen the downturn feed through into unemployment yet".
8.05am update: Crunch time for Boris - PM facing 'most important strategic decision' yet in fight on COVID
Social distancing rules must be changed immediately to protect millions of jobs, senior Tories warned yesterday.
Downing Street said a review of the two-metre rule will take weeks and may not report back in time for pubs and restaurants hoping to reopen next month.
Health Minister Edward Argar admitted the “science is mixed” and there is “no consensus” internationally about what distance is safe to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Conservatives warned keeping the measure in place will harm the economy and called for immediate reforms.
Ex-Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the government faces the “most important strategic decision” as it unlocks the economy.
He told the Commons the focus on coronavirus meant there was a danger of “losing sight” of the impact on the poorest if they are hit by unemployment.
7.50am update: NZ confirms two news cases - ending 24-day streak of no new infections
New Zealand has reported two new coronavirus cases - bot related to recent travel from the UK - ending a three-and-a-half week streak of no fresh infections in the country.
The Director General of Health told a news conference the new cases were women aged in their 30s and 40s who were visiting a dying parent in Wellington.
Both women arrived in New Zealand from the UK on June 7 via Doha and Brisbane and were in an isolation facility in Auckland.
They were given special permission to leave the facility to visit the dying parent in Wellington. Both are now self isolating.
The new infections are a set back for New Zeland, which lifted all lockdown restrictions expect for border controls last week, after declaring it had no new or active coronavirus cases.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned: "I don't want New Zealanders to believe that the battle is over when it is not."
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