Latest Coronavirus update 28 April: These are the latest figures for coronavirus cases and deaths released by Public Health England.
As of 9am on 28 April, there have been 763,387 tests, with 43,563 tests on 27 April.
599,339 people have been tested, of whom 161,145 have tested positive.
As of 5pm on 27 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 21,678 have died.
Notes on deaths figures
The figures on deaths relate in almost all cases to patients who have died in hospital and who have tested positive for COVID-19. Slight differences in reporting in devolved administrations may mean that they include a small number of deaths outside hospital. The figures are compiled from validated data provided by NHS England and Improvement, Health Protection Scotland, Public Health Wales and the Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland).
These figures do not include deaths outside a hospital, such as those in care homes, except as indicated above. This approach allows us to compile deaths data on a daily basis using up-to-date figures. The data includes confirmed cases reported as at 5pm the previous day. The amount of time between the occurrence of death and reporting in these figures may vary slightly and in some cases could be a few days, so figures at 5 pm may not include all deaths for that day.
In addition to these figures, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes weekly counts of deaths in which COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. This publication is issued every Tuesday, starting on 31 March. It includes cases outside hospital and also some cases where COVID-19 is suspected but no test has taken place. ONS data will initially cover England and Wales only and will report on deaths registered up to 11 days before publication, so up to 20 March for their first release.
