UK Covid live news: more than 800,000 people had coronavirus last week, ONS estimates – as it happened

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The UK has recorded 36,389 new coronavirus cases and 64 further deaths, according to the latest update to the government's coronavirus dashboard.

The total number of new cases over the past seven days is still up on the total for the previous week, by 11.4%. But yesterday the equivalent figure was +24.2%, and the previous day it was +35.8%, so the rate of increase does appear to be slowing. Some of this might be related to a slight drop in the number of tests being carried out.