Coronavirus UK death toll rises by 210 to 32,065

Number of infections rises to 223,060 in latest government figures

The UK death toll for coronavirus has risen to 32,065 after an increase of 210 over 24 hours, the government has announced.

The total number of Covid-19 infections jumped to 223,060 on Monday morning, according to Department of Health figures.

The figure is an increase of 3,877 compared to a day earlier.

The latest death toll includes people who had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community as of 5pm on Sunday after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK.

A total of 100,490 tests for Covid-19 were carried out on Sunday, according to the government, bringing the cumulative total overall to 1,921,770.

Boris Johnson used an address to the nation on Sunday evening to outline steps to ease the lockdown that has been imposed since 23 March.

The PM stressed it was too early to end the coronavirus lockdown, telling the British public to “stay alert” to the threat of a second peak of the coronavirus.

However, he detailed some “careful” changes to the rules in England which will allow members of the public to exercise more than once a day, sunbathe in local parks, and drive to other destinations with household members.

He said: “From this Wednesday we want to encourage people to take more and even unlimited amounts of outdoor exercise.

“You can sit in the sun in your local park, you can drive to other destination, you can even play sports but only with members of your own household.”

But he warned: “You must obey the rules on social distancing and to enforce those rules we will increase the fines for the small minority that break them”.

Mr Johnson added that anyone who cannot work from home, including those in the construction and manufacturing industries, should be “actively encouraged to go to work” from Monday.

However, Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, later contradicted this by repeatedly stating that those who could not work from home should begin to return to work from Wednesday.

And the government’s messaging has been widely criticised, including by the Police Federation, which warned ”a lack of clarity” would make enforcing the updated rules “almost impossible”.