A further 170 people have died with coronavirus in the UK, Alok Sharma says.
The Business Secretary made this known during the UK government’s daily briefing on the coronavirus response.
It brings the total number of deaths to 34,636.
Daily death tallies announced on Sundays and Mondays are typically lower than on the other five days, due to hospital reporting delays.
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The latest daily testing figures do not include those from Northern Ireland due to “technical issues,” he says.