The Great Western Hospital have recorded no new deaths linked to the coronavirus in the latest figures released by the NHS this afternoon.
The total daily figure for England was 403, Wales 27 and Scotland 2 leaving the full UK total at 4,897.
Although it is good news that the number is lower, it is expected to rise again in the coming few days once test results from the weekend have been revealed.
These figures will be updated at 2pm each day and include confirmed cases reported at 5pm the previous day. Confirmation of COVID-19 diagnosis, death notification and reporting in central figures can take up to several days and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure. This means that the totals reported at 5pm on each day may not include all deaths that occurred on that day or on recent prior days.
These figures do not include deaths outside hospital, such as those in care homes. This approach makes it possible to compile deaths data on a daily basis using up to date figures.
