Weekly coronavirus deaths have dropped to the lowest number in England and Wales since mid-March, new statistics suggest.
Data from the Office for National Statistics shows a total of 101 deaths registered in the week ending August 28 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate.
This is down from 138 deaths in the previous week.
It is also the lowest number since the week ending March 13, when five deaths involving Covid-19 were registered.
Now just over 57,400 deaths involving Covid-19 have been registered in the UK, the ONS said.
Figures published on Tuesday show that 52,316 deaths involving Covid-19 had occurred in England and Wales up to August 28, and had been registered by September 5.
Meanwhile, figures published last week by the National Records for Scotland showed that 4,228 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Scotland up to August 30.
ln Northern Ireland, 873 deaths had occurred up to August 28 (and had been registered up to September 2), according to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
Together, these figures mean that so far 57,417 deaths have been registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, including suspected cases.